Film distribution in Scotland before 1918 /
Vélez-Serna, María Antonia.
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2012.
This thesis proposes an empirical approach to the history of film distribution in Scotland before 1918. It deploys geo-database tools as a way to collect and analyse data from a range of archival and print sources, and to engage with historiographical questions about the emergence of cinema as an institution in a non-metropolitan context. [From abstract].
Ph.D. thesis submitted to the School of Culture and Creative Arts, College of Arts, University of Glasgow, 2012.
Accompanied by CD-ROM in pocket at rear of thesis.
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Glasgow, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-325).
Introduction: From moving pictures to cinema; Film distribution as spatial phenomenon - A geography of the early film trade in Scotland: Film trade in Scotland before permanent cinemas; Transformation of exhibition and distribution in Scotland, c. 1907-1915; Rise of the middlemen, Scottish renters in the open-market years - Programming and the struggle for control: From Showmanship to management; Feature programming; Feature distribution - Conclusions.
This thesis proposes an empirical approach to the history of film distribution in Scotland before 1918. It deploys geo-database tools as a way to collect and analyse data from a range of archival and print sources, and to engage with historiographical questions about the emergence of cinema as an institution in a non-metropolitan context. [From abstract].
Motion pictures
Motion pictures
Motion picture theaters
Electronic version also available via the University of Glasgow Theses Service.