The age of the dream palace : cinema and society in 1930s Britain / Jeffrey Richards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, Jeffrey, author.

Series:

Cinema and society.

Cinema and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture actors and actresses--Great Britain.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Motion picture audiences--Great Britain.

Motion picture audiences.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, ©2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The period between the two world wars is often named 'the golden age of the cinema' in Britain. This definitive and entertaining book on the cinema and cinema-goers of the era is herewith reissued with a new Introduction. Jeffrey Richards, described by Philip French as 'a shrewd critic, a compulsive moviegoer, and a professional historian', tells the absorbing story of the cinema during the decade that produced Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, the musicals of Jessie Matthews and Alexander Korda's epics. He examines the role of going to the pictures in people's lives during a tough period when, in.

Contents:

Going to the pictures

The dream merchants

'The devil's camera'

'Our movie-made children'

The aims and principles of censorship

Censorship in operation: domestic policy

Censorship in operation: foreign policy

Censorship in operation: imperial policy

Stars

Gracie Fields: consensus personified

George Formby: The road from Wigan Pier

Jessie Matthews: the dancing divinity

The romantic adventurer: Robert Donat and Leslie Howard

Putting Britain on the screen

Visions of the past

messages for the present

Images of peace and war

Class and consensus: lower down

Class and consensus: higher up.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612881527

9780755697823

0755697820

9781282881525

1282881523

9780857710178

0857710176

9781441679475

1441679472

9786000043940

6000043945

OCLC:

710975875