The British Cinema Boom, 1909–1914: A Commercial History
The British Cinema Boom, 1909–1914: A Commercial History
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英国电影繁荣，1909 年至 1914 年：一部商业史
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2017
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John H. Burrows
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John H. Burrows
这本书探讨了为什么在第一次世界大战开始前的几年里，英国有数千家电影院开业。它解释了它们是如何成为投资热潮的产物，观察人士将其描述为经济上不合理和不负责任的。伯罗斯描述了在这一时期创办电影公司的主要人群，以及那些购买了电影公司股票的人，并考虑了早期电影业是否可以被视为一个破裂的泡沫。这本书探讨了1909年电影法对繁荣的影响，并解释了为什么英国电影制作似乎与电影娱乐市场的大规模扩张成反比。本书还重新审视了电影发行的发展、故事片的出现和英国电影审查委员会的成立。本书系统地、开拓性地利用了现存的商业和地方政府记录，将吸引任何对无声电影、电影展览史和流行文化经济学感兴趣的人。
This book examines why thousands of cinemas opened in Britain in the space of a few years before the start of the First World War. It explains how they were the product of an investment boom which observers characterised as economically irrational and irresponsible. Burrows profiles the main groups of people who started cinema companies during this period, and those who bought shares in them, and considers whether the early cinema business might be seen as a bubble that burst. The book examines the impact of the Cinematograph Act 1909 upon the boom, and explains why British film production seemed to decline in inverse proportion to the mass expansion of the market for moving image entertainment. This account also takes a new look at the development of film distribution, the emergence of the feature film and the creation of the British Board of Film Censors. Making systematic and pioneering use of surviving business and local government records, this book will appeal to anyone interested in silent cinema, the history of film exhibition and the economics of popular culture.