Cinema on Sundays: Legalising British Cinema Exhibition
Author:   Peter Niehoff
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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9781399534369


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   30 April 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Cinema on Sundays: Legalising British Cinema Exhibition


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Author:   Peter Niehoff
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781399534369


ISBN 10:   139953436
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   30 April 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Abbreviations Introduction: ‘Church Becomes Cinema’ 1. Cinematic communities and illegal Sunday cinemagoing. 2. The English Sunday and opposition. 3. The Film Society. 4. The ritualising effects of the 1932 Sunday Entertainments Act 5. The war began on Sunday. 6. Postwar permanence. Epilogue: prelude to a screened society. Appendix 1: 1932 Sunday Entertainments Act Approvals. Appendix 2: Emergency Order 42B Approvals. Appendix 3: Postwar 42B Approvals. Acknowledgements. Figures. Bibliography. Notes

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Peter Niehoff, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor of film and media studies at the University of Cincinnati.

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