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British Popular Films 1929-1939|Stephen Shafer

British Popular Films 1929-1939 : The Cinema of Reassurance

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Overview

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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