British Popular Films 1929-1939
The Cinema of Reassurance| By: | Stephen Shafer |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415002820 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781134988365 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1997 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Shafer's study challenges the conventional historical assumption that British feature films during the Thirties were mostly oriented to the middle-class. Instead, he makes the critical distinction between films intended for West End and international circulation and those intended primarily for domestic, working-class audiences. Far from being alientated by a 'middle-class institution', working men and women flocked to see pictures featuring such music-hall luminaries as Gracie Fields and George Formby.