From Silent Screen to Multi-Screen - A History of Cinema Exhibition in Britain Since 1896 (Hardcover)

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. 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. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Popular Culture
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Stuart Hanson
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-6944-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7190-6944-0
Barcode:	9780719069444

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