The market for feature films in Britain, 1934
A Viable National Cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5879035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Sedgwick (0000-0002-8775-6243, London Metropolitan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-36 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Journal Of Film Radio and Television (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-9685 • E-ISSN: 1465-3451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01439689400260021 |
| OpenAlex | W2154278728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 3 |
Simon Rowson was the leading academic figure within the British film industry during the late 1920s and 1930s. He regularly addressed the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Assodation Annual Conference and was noted for his statistical analysis of the industry. Rowson had access to the information collected by the Board of Trade in the course of administering the 1927 Cinematograph Act, from which he compiled a number of important papers, including one published by the Royal Statistical Society. According to Rowson's estimates, there were 963 million admissions to cinemas in Britain during 1934 generating gross box-office revenues of s This represents 22 visits per head of population
Art · Art history · Business · Feature (linguistics · Feature film · Linguistics · Movie theater · National cinema · Political science · Art History and Market Analysis · Cinema and Media Studies · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2026 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |