Cinemas and Cinemagoing in Wartime Britain, 1939-45. The utility dream palace

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Author(s) Farmer, Richard
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2016
Pages 340pp; illus
Publisher Manchester University Press
Place Published Manchester

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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'provides a social and cultural history of cinemas and cinemagoing in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and explores the impact that the war had on the places in which British people watched films'. Chapters include: 'Dark houses - cinemagoing in the early months of the war'; 'The Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association and the government'; 'Forlorn and bedraggled spectacles - cinemagoing in the blitz'; 'On the appearance and disappearance of staff'; 'Showmanship in wartime'; 'Cinemagoing in wartime'