Focuses on the establishment and rationalisatoin of a film industry in BritainI, the comoposition of audiences, the nature of exhibition contexts and the production companies involved in film-making. Includes references to Autoscope, Bamforth & Co., British Mutoscope and Biograph Co., Charles Urban, Sheffield Photo, Cecil Hepworth, R.W. Paul, Animatograph, Gaumont & Co., Clarendon Film Co., Cricks and Sharp, trick films, documentary, actualities, newsreels, G.A. Smith.

Item number 15676
Category Book
Type Criticism/History
Dimensions h 242mm; w 163mm; d 30mm
Language English
Country of origin UK
Related people Rachael Low (author)

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection