Cinemas and Cinemagoing in Wartime Britain, 1939-45: The Utility Dream Palace

by Richard Farmer

During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak. In this groundbreaking book, Richard Farmer provides a social and cultural history of cinemas and cinemagoing in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and explores the impact that the war had on the places in which British people watched films.

Although promising the possibility of escape from the hardships and terrors of wartime life, the cinema...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719091888
• ISBN13: 9780719091889
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"