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British Popular Films 1929-1939 : The Cinema of Reassurance
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Shafer's study challenges the conventional historical assumption that British feature films during the Thirties were mostly oriented to the middle-class. Instead, he makes the critical distinction between films intended for West End and international circulation and those intended primarily for domestic, working-class audiences. Far from being alientated by a 'middle-class institution', working men and women flocked to see pictures featuring such music-hall luminaries as Gracie Fields and George Formby.
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- ISBN-13: 9780415754989
- ISBN-10: 0415754984
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish Date: December 2014
- Page Count: 291
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