| A Social History of the Cinema in Wales, 1918-1951: Pulpits, Coal Pits, and Fleapits Contributor(s): Miskell, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0708318789 ISBN-13: 9780708318782 Publisher: University of Wales Press OUR PRICE: $6.93 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2006 Annotation: Be it the local fleapit or the more opulent town center "super-cinemas," movie venues are often remembered as vividly as the films themselves. This commentary examines the social implications of cinemas in the 1930s and 1940s in Wales, investigating such aspects as what motivated the populace to wait in lengthy queues, the types of films they viewed, the overall movie-going experience, and how the Welsh responded to this primarily American form of entertainment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| Series: University of Wales - Bangor History of Religion |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Social History of the Cinema in Wales offers a unique perspective on the place of cinema in Welsh popular culture. The 'golden age' of cinema entertainment is now half a century behind us, yet it continues to linger in popular memory. The leading Hollywood stars of the 1930s and 1940s continue to attract the interest of biographers - and the films of the period are now widely available in video format. This book focuses on the culture of film-going that existed during the cinema's heydey. The long queues outside the picture houses, the reputation of the local fleapit, the relative opulence of the town centre 'super cinemas', and the value of cinemas as places where courting couples could meet were all things that film-goers of the 1930s and 1940s remember as vividly as the films themselves. This aspect of popular experience, however, is less often written about, and has never been comprehensively examined in Wales. |