Title: From silent screen to multi-screen : a history of cinema exhibition in Britain since 1896 /
Authors: Hanson, Stuart.
Publisher: Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Motion picture industry Great Britain History.; Motion pictures Social aspects Great Britain; Motion picture audiences Great Britain History.
Contents: From the fairground to the picture palace: 1896-1913 -- Post-war consolidation, the coming of sound and Hollywood: 1913-30 -- Cinema as mass entertainment: 1930-50 -- From 'golden age' to the beginnings of decline: 1950-60 -- Sub-dividing and falling, and the lessons from the USA: 1960s-1984 -- The multiplex revolution: 1985-present -- The future for cinema exhibition in the digital age.