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Cinemas and Cinema-Going in the United Kingdom
Decades of Decline, 1945–1965
de Sam Manning
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Cinema-going was the most popular commercial leisure activity in the United Kingdom during the first half of the twentieth century, with attendance growing significantly during World War II and peaking in 1946 with 1.6 billion recorded admissions. Though “going to the pictures” remained a popular pastime for the remainder of the forties, the transition from war to peacetime altered citizens’ leisure habits. During the fifties, a range of factors led to rapid declines in attendance, and by 1965, admissions had plummeted to 327 million.
Cinema attendance fell in all regions, but the speed, nature, and extent of this decline varied widely across the United Kingdom. By presenting detailed case studies of two similarly-sized industrial cities, Belfast and Sheffield, this book adds nuance and detail to the discussion of regional variations in film exhibition and audience habits. Using a wide range of sources, such as oral testimony, box-office data, newspapers, and trade journals, Cinemas and Cinema-Going in the United Kingdom conveys the diverse and ever-changing nature of the cinema industry.
À propos de l'auteur :
Sam Manning is a postdoctoral researcher on the AHRC European Cinema Audiences project. He has recently published articles in Cultural and Social History and Media History.
Revue de Presse:
"Manning has offered a detailed explanation of cinema-going habits in the post-War UK that provides a point of departure for further scholarship-much in the same way Annette Kuhn and Jeffrey Richards did for the 1930s 'Golden Age' of British cinema-going. The book is of great value to historians concerned with cinema-going in the UK and offers much for historians of post-war leisure, entertainment, and the cultural industries."
-Twentieth Century British History
"It is this kind of detailed microhistory of cinemas and the cinema-going that enables a loosening of more uniform accounts... Manning's thorough approach to the topic enables new perspectives to emerge. His detailed mapping of the two case studies, pulling together a rich yet disperse constellation of sources, including a variety of useful tables and appendices offering a comprehensive list of cinemas in Belfast and Sheffield, provides a rich resource for future researchers."-Journal of British Studies
An excellent addition to the wider publications produced under the 'New Cinema History' banner. Exploring the everchanging nature of Britain's film industry and its products has been a point of interest for some time amongst film scholars, but only in the most recent decade have cinema attendance and viewer experiences become a central point of research. Manning's publication builds upon the ideas of several prominent film scholars, like Sue Harper, Vincent Porter and Stuart Hanson. Utilising qualitative and quantitative evidence, Manning addresses a series of social, economic and political factors to further understand the decline of regional cinemas in the UK from 1945-1965.
A significant addition to the cultural and social history of the United Kingdom. This well-documented study is an addition to the history of British cinema and post-World War II leisure culture... This book is an important read for students and historians of cultural and social history.
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