Early Cinema in Scotland

ISBN-13: 9781474420341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 272 str.

John Caughie; Trevor Griffiths; Maria A. Velez-Serna

Opis

Focusing on the social experience of cinema and cinema-going, this collection of essays provides a detailed context for the history of early cinema in Scotland, from its inception in 1896 until the arrival of sound in the early 1930s.

Spis treści

1: Introduction; 2: Travelling bioscopes and borrowed spaces, María A. Vélez-Serna; 3: Fixed-site cinemas and the first film renters, María A. Vélez Serna; 4: Cinema and cinema-going in small towns, John Caughie; 5: Making a living at the cinema: Scottish cinema staff in the silent era, Trevor Griffiths; 6: Early Municipal Cinema, Julia Bohlmann; 7: Rob Roy: Britain’s first feature film, Caroline Merz; 8: Local films for local people: ‘Have you been Cinematographed Yet?’, John Caughie and Janet McBain; 9: Depicting Scotland: Scotland in early films, John Caughie; 10: The Talkies Triumphant: Scottish Cinema and the Coming of Sound, Trevor Griffiths; 11: Filmography, John Caughie; Bibliography