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The History of Cinema Exhibition in Exeter 1895 - 1918
Alex Rankin
(The text of this dissertation is copyright Alex Rankin, 2001. No part of it may be reproduced without the permission of the author.)
Bibliography
Richard Abel (ed.), Silent Film (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1996).
Robert C. Allen, Vaudeville and Film: a study in media interaction (New York: Arno Press, 1980).
David Atwell, Cathedrals of the Movies: a history of British cinemas and their audiences (London: The Architectural Press, 1980).
Tino Balio (ed.), The American Film Industry (Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1976).
Peter Bailey (ed.), Music Hall: the business of pleasure (Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1986).
John Barnes, The Beginnings of the Cinema in England 1894–1901: Volume 1, 1894–1896 (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1998).
John Barnes, The Rise of the Cinema in Great Britain: Volume 2: Jubilee Year 1897 (London: Bishopsgate Press Ltd., 1983).
John Barnes, Pioneers of the British Film: Volume 3, 1898: The Rise of the Photoplay (London:Bishopsgate Press Ltd., 1983).
John Barnes, The Beginnings of the Cinema in England 1894–1901. Volume 4, 1899 (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1996).
John Bames, The Beginnings of the Cinema in England 1894–1901: Volume 5, 1900 (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1997).
Charles Barr (ed.), All Our Yesterdays: 90 years of British cinema (London: BFI Publishing, 1986).
Iris Barry, Let’s Go to the Pictures (London: Chatto and Windus, 1926).
John Benson (ed.), The Working Class in England 1975–1914 (London: Croom Helm, 1985).
David Berry, Wales Cinema: the first hundred years (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1994).
Emest Betts, The Film Business: a history of British cinemas 1896–1972 (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1973).
Michael R. Booth, Victorian Spectacular Theatre 1850–1910 (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981).
Eileen Bowser, Film Notes (New York: The Museum of Modem Art, 1969).
Eileen Bowser, The Transformation of Cinema 1907–1915 (New York: Charles Scribner, 1990).
Richard Brown and Barry Anthony, A Victorian Film Enterprise (Wiltshire: Flicks Books, 1999).
Kevin Brownlow, The War, The West and The Wilderness (London: Secker and Warburg, 1979).
Noel Burch, Life to those Shadows, ed. and trans. Ben Brewster (London: BFI Publishing, 1990).
C.W. Ceram, Archaeology of the Cinema, trans. Richard Winston (London: Thames and Hudson, 1965).
Brian Coe, The History of Movie Photography (London: Ash and Grant, 1981).
Olive Cook, Movement in Two Dimensions (London: Hutchinson and Co., 1963).
James Curran and Vincent Porter (eds.), British Cinema History (London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1983).
David Devant, My Magic Life (Devon: The Supreme Magic Company, no date given).
W. K.-L. Dickson, The Biograph in Battle (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1901).
Peter Dyson, A Century of Cinema in Dorset 1896–1996 (Dorset: Power Publications, 1996).
John L. Fell (ed.), Film Before Griffith (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1983).
Audrey Field, Picture Palace: a social history of the cinema (London: Gentry Books Limited, 1974).
Raymond Fielding (ed.), A Technological History of motion Pictures and Television (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1983).
R. B. Foster, Hopwood’s Living Pictures (new edition) (London: The Hatton Press, 1915).
John Fullerton (ed.), Celebrating 1895: the centenary of cinema (London: John Libbey and Company Ltd., 1998).
Denis Gifford, The British Film Catalogue 1895–1970: a guide to entertainment films (Newton Abbott, David and Charles, 1973).
Richard Gray, One Hundred Years of Cinema Architecture (London: Lund Humphries Publishers, 1996).
Colin Harding, In the Kingdom of shadows: a companion to early cinema (London: Cygnus Arts, 1996).
Cecil M. Hepworth, Came The Dawn (London: Phoenix House Limited, 1951).
Stephen Herbert and Luke McKeman (eds.), Who’s Who of Victorian Cinema: a worldwide survey (London: BFI Publishing, 1996).
Charlotte Kopac Herzog, The Motion Picture Theater and Film Exhibition 1896–1932, Northwestem University PhD 1980 (London: University Microfilms Intemational).
John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson (eds.), The Oxford Guide to Film Studies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998).
How to Run a Picture Theatre, Kinematograph. and Lantem Weekly publication (London: E. T. Heron and Co., c. 1913).
M. Jackson-Wrigley and Eric Layland, The Cinema: historical, technical, bibliographical (London: Grafton and Co., 1939).
Dorothy Knowles, The Censor, The Drama and The Film 1900–1934 (London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1934).
Richard Koszarski, An Evening’s Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture 1915–1928 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1990).
Rachael Low and Roger Manuel, The History of the British Film 1896–1906 (London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1973).
Rachael Low, The History of the British Film 1906–1914 (London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1949).
Rachael Low, The History of the British Film 1914–1918 (London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1950).
John M. MacKenzie (ed.), Popular Imperialism and the Military 1850–1950 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992).
John M. MacKenzie, Propaganda and Empire: the manipulation of British Public Opinion 1880–1960 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1985).
Samuel McKechnic, Popular Entertainment Through the Ages (London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co.).
Lieutenant Geoffrey H. Malins, How I filmed the War, ed. Low Warren (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company).
Arthur S. Meloy, Theatres and Picture Theatres (New York: Architects’ Supply and Publishing Company, 1916).
Charles Musser, The Emergence of Cinema: the American screen to 1907 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1990).
Ray Pickard, A Companion to the Movies, from 1903 to the present day (London: Lutterworth Press, 1972).
Poole, 100 Hundred Years of showmanship: Poole’s 1837–1937 (Edinburgh: Pillons and Wilson).
Jack Read, Empires, Hippodromes and Palaces (London: The Alderinan Press, 1985).
Lilly May Richards, The Biography of William Haggar, Actor, Showman and Pioneer of the Film Industry, no further details.
David Robinson, Origins of the Cinema: catalogue of an exhibition presented by Cumberland Row Antiques Limited (Windsor: John B. Reed Limited, 1964).
Eric Rhode, A History of the Cinema: from its origins to 1970 (London: Penguin, 1978).
Epes Winthrop Sargent, Picture Theatre Advertising (New York: Chalmers Publishing Company, 1915).
Charles W. Stein (ed.), American Vaudeville, as seen by its contemporaries (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984).
D.B. Thomas, The Origins of the Motion Picture (London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1964).
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Christopher Williams (ed.), Cinema: the beginnings and the future (London: University of Westminster Press, 1996).
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Eileen and Stephen Yeo (eds.), Popular Culture and Class Conflict 1590–1914: explorations in the history of labour and leisure (Sussex: The Harvester Press, 1981).
Exeter-specific Texts
Daphne Aspinall, A Short History of the Theatre in Exeter (Dissertation), University of Exeter (1988).
Chips Barber, The Lost City of Exeter – Revisited (Exeter: Obelisk Publications, 1998).
Les Berry and Gerald Gosling, Around Exeter (Gloucestershire: Chalford, 1996).
Childhood in Exeter 1900–1950 (Exeter: Exeter Heritage Project, 1987).
A. R. Hope Moncrieff (ed.), Black’s Guide to Exeter and East Devon (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911).
Tony Lethbridge, Exeter’s Royal Visitors (Exeter: Ali-Kat Publications, 1991).
Robert Newton, Victorian Exeter 1837–1914 (PhD thesis), University of Exeter, (1966).
Stuart Smith, The Cinemas and Theatres of Exeter (Wakefield: Mercia Cinema Society, 1994).
Peter Thomas, Exeter in Old Picture Postcards (Netherlands: Grafisch Bedriff de Steigerpoort).
Periodicals
Chamber’s Journal, Sixth Series, Volume 111, December 1899 to November 1900 (London: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1900).
The Devon and Exeter Gazette (1897–1899).
The Devon Weekly Times (various copies, 1901–1912).
Exeter County Council Minutes and Reports of the Committees of the Council (1895–1918).
Exeter Evening Post (January 1895–June 1902).
Exeter Flying Post (also known as Trewman’s Flying Post) (January 1895–March 1917).
Exeter Illustrated (Male’s Illustrated Guides, 1907, 1908, 1909).
Exeter Illustrated.. official guide to the City of Exeter (Exeter: Official Information Bureau for the City Council, 1914, 1916).
Express and Echo (January 1917–November 1918).
Focus, Vol. 1 (ed. Arthur C. Brooks), 1903.
The Optical Magic Lantern Journal and Photographic Enlarger, Volume XI, January to December 1900 (London: TOMLJ Company, 1901).
Palmer’s Index to ‘The Times’, 1896–1918.
The Photogram, Volume IV, 1897 (London: Dawbam and Ward, 1897).
The Post Office Directory of Exeter and Suburbs (1895–1918), (Exeter: H Besley and Son).
The Times (1912–1918).
The Western Times (1897–1901).
Internet Sites
British Film Institute
British Postcard Society
National Fairground Archive
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