Cinemas of Newcastle
Details:
- Author(s) Manders, Frank
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2005
- Pages 168pp; illus
- Publisher Tyne Bridge Publishing
- Place Published Newcastle upon Tyne
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
History of film exhibition in Newcastle with a focus on the individual sites. Chapters include: 'Before the cinema, 1896-1907'; 'testing the waters, 1908'; 'The first wave, 1909-13'; 'Cinemas for the middle class'; 'Four theatre conversions, 1917-30'; 'The twenties and the talkies, 1919-30'; 'Age of the super-cinema, 1931-35'; 'Three new theatres, 1937'; 'War years and decline, 1939-80'; 'The rise of the multiplexes'; 'The struggle for Sunday opening'; 'The coming of sound'. A directory [pp157-62] lists cinemas and provides basic information for each - time span, architect, builder, director, capacity, fate, etc [but not owner]