TY - BOOK AU - Hanson,Stuart TI - From silent screen to multi-screen: a history of cinema exhibition in Britain since 1896 T2 - Studies in popular culture SN - 0719069440 (hbk.) AV - PN 1993.5 H251f 2007 U1 - 384.850941 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Manchester, New York, New York, NY PB - Manchester University Press, Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave KW - Motion picture industry KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Motion pictures KW - Social aspects KW - Motion picture audiences KW - Filmtheater KW - swd KW - Film KW - GroCbritannien KW - Industria del Cine KW - Historia KW - Cine KW - Aspectos sociales N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-198) and index; From the fairground to the picture palace: 1896-1913 -- Post-war consolidation, the coming of sound and Hollywood: 1913-30 -- Cinema as mass entertainment: 1930-50 -- From 'golden age' to the beginnings of decline: 1950-60 -- Sub-dividing and falling, and the lessons from the USA: 1960s-1984 -- The multiplex revolution: 1985-present -- The future for cinema exhibition in the digital age ER -