| Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain: A Choice of Pleasures Contributor(s): Sedgwick, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0859896609 ISBN-13: 9780859896603 Publisher: University of Exeter Press OUR PRICE: $110.88 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2000 Annotation: In the 1930s there were close to a billion annual admissions to the cinema in Britain, making it by far the most popular paid-for leisure activity. To facilitate his exploration of this popularity, John Sedgwick developed the POPSTAT index, a methodology based on exhibition records which allows identification of the most popular films and the leading stars of the period. The index provides a series of tables which will serve as standard points of reference for all scholars and specialists working in the field of 1930s cinema. This new methodology gives both scholars and general readers easy access to vital statistics that provide a framework for understanding the commercial development of the film industry. Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain establishes similarities and differences between national and regional tastes through detailed case-study analyses of film attendance in Bolton and Brighton and offers an examination of genre development. It also reveals that although Hollywood continued to dominate the British market, films emanating from British studios proved markedly popular with domestic audiences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Media Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 302.234 |
| LCCN: 2003430251 |
| Series: Exeter Studies in Film History |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.48" W x 9.53" (1.58 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1930s there were close to a billion annual admissions to the cinema in Britain and it was by far the most popular paid-for leisure activity. This book is an exploration of that popularity. John Sedgwick has developed the POPSTAT index, a methodology based on exhibition records which allows identification of the most popular films and the leading stars of the period, and provides a series of tables which will serve as standard points of reference for all scholars and specialists working in the field of 1930s cinema. The book establishes similarities and differences between national and regional tastes through detailed case study analysis of cinemagoing in Bolton and Brighton, and offers an analysis of genre development. It also reveals that although Hollywood continued to dominate the British market, films emanating from British studios proved markedly popular with domestic audiences. |
