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The book is the first comprehensive survey charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in Britain from the first public film screening – the Lumière Brothers’ showing of their Cinématographe show at London’s Regent Street Polytechnic in February 1896 – through to the development of the multiplex and megaplex cinema.

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Introduction
1 From the fairground to the picture palace: 1896 – 1913
2 Post-war consolidation, the coming of sound and Hollywood: 1913 – 1930
3 Cinema as mass entertainment: 1930 – 1950
4 From ‘golden age’ to the beginnings of decline: 1950 – 1960
5 Sub-dividing and falling, and the lessons from the United States: 1960s – 1984
6 The multiplex revolution: 1985 – present
7 The future for cinema exhibition in the digital age
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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 8/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719069451, 978-0719069451
      ISBN10: 0719069459

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The book is the first comprehensive survey charting the development of cinema exhibition and cinema-going in Britain from the first public film screening – the Lumière Brothers’ showing of their Cinématographe show at London’s Regent Street Polytechnic in February 1896 – through to the development of the multiplex and megaplex cinema.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1 From the fairground to the picture palace: 1896 – 1913
      2 Post-war consolidation, the coming of sound and Hollywood: 1913 – 1930
      3 Cinema as mass entertainment: 1930 – 1950
      4 From ‘golden age’ to the beginnings of decline: 1950 – 1960
      5 Sub-dividing and falling, and the lessons from the United States: 1960s – 1984
      6 The multiplex revolution: 1985 – present
      7 The future for cinema exhibition in the digital age
      Select bibliography

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