| From Silent Screen to Multi-Screen: A History of Cinema Exhibition in Britain Since 1896 Contributor(s): Hanson, Stuart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719069459 ISBN-13: 9780719069451 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Detailed and comprehensive, this book is the first survey of cinema exhibition in Britain from its inception until the present. Charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in Britain from the first public film screening by the Lumiere Brothers' at London's Regent Street Polytechnic in February 1896, through to the development of the multiplex and giant megaplex cinemas, the history of cinema exhibition is placed in its wider social, cultural and economic contexts. Adopting a chronological structure, this book takes into account how changes in the structure of the film industry, especially regarding the exhibition sector, impacted upon the cinema-going experience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 384.850 |
| Series: Studies in Popular Culture (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Detailed and comprehensive, this book is the first survey of cinema exhibition in Britain from its inception until the present. Charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in Britain from the first public film screening by the Lumière Brothers' at London's Regent Street Polytechnic in February 1896, through to the development of the multiplex and giant megaplex cinemas, the history of cinema exhibition is placed in its wider social, cultural and economic contexts. Adopting a chronological structure, this book takes into account how changes in the structure of the film industry, especially regarding the exhibition sector, impacted upon the cinema-going experience. From silent screen to multi-screen will be valuable for social historians as well as scholars and students in film studies, media studies and cultural history. |