Silver screen in the silver city : a history of cinemas in Aberdeen, 1896-1987
Thomson, Michael, 1949-20161988
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An account of cinemas in Aberdeen.
Main title:
Author:
Thomson, Michael, 1949-2016, author
Imprint:
Aberdeen : Aberdeen University Press, 1988.
Collation:
xii, 352 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Maps on inside covers.
Contents:
List of illustrations - - Preface - - Acknowledgements - - Beginnings 1896 - - Pioneering days 1896-1899 - - Seeds take root 1900-1907 - - The picture hall arrives 1908-1911 - - Growth and development 1912-1914 - - Business as usual 1914-1918 - - Towards maturity 1919-1923 - - The great silent years 1924-1928 - - The talkies 1929-1930 - - The 'super' arrives 1931-1935 - - Peak years 1936-1939 - - At war again 1939-1945 - - Before the flood 1946-1955 - - Teds and television 1956-1958 - - Bingo, ballrooms and bowling 1959-1963 - - Decline but not fall 1964-1987 - - Appendices - - Bibliography - - Index.
ISBN:
00803640209780080364025
Dewey class:
791.430941235
Local class:
791.4309AaZ9
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
ScotlandGrampian RegionAberdeenCinemasto 1987
BRN:
107933