Describing in detail one of the most inventive periods in the history of English cinema, the volumes in this celebrated series are already established as classics in their field. Each volume details the highlights of a single cinematic year, including details of production, manufacturers of equipment, dealers, and exhibitors. This is augmented by numerous carefully chosen illustrations and a comprehensive filmography of English films, fiction and nonfiction, for the year. Particular attention is also paid to the ways in which the cinema of other countries affected the English industry.
John Barnes(19202008) wrote extensively on the beginnings of the cinema and on precinema history. With his twin brother, William, he produced a collection of films documenting life in Kent in the 1930s.
Foreword
1. Robert W. Paul and Birt Acres
2. Manufacturers and Dealers in London 1896-7
3. London Manufacturers and Dealers 1897
4. Brighton
5. Bradford and Leeds
6. The Foreign Influx
7. The Showmen
8. The Jubilee
Appendices
1. G. A. Smith's Cash Book for 1897
2. M & B Catalogue of Lumiere Films, September 1897
3. British Films 1897
4. Amendments & Additions to Volume One
Notes
Acknowledgements
Film Index
General Index
“. . . essential reading . . . a labour of love that will intrigue any cineaste.” –Film Quarterly
“Film studies for years to come will be indebted to him for having immeasurably enriched the literature on his subject.” –Quarterly Review of Film Studies
“...Beginnings of the Cinema in England belongs beside such founding works as Rachael Low's History of the British Film and Denis Gifford's British Film Catalogue.lˆ
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