- Paperback: 310 pages
- Publisher: BFI Publishing (6 Dec 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844571459
- ISBN-13: 978-1844571451
- Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 19.3 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 443,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Electric Edwardians" presents a stunning visual record of the films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon combined with an illuminating discussion of the films and the social context of their production by Vanessa Toulmin, a leading authority on the collection. Advertised as 'local films for local people', the films of Mitchell and Kenyon were commissioned by traveling exhibitors in the early twentieth century for screening in town halls, village fetes and local fairs. Audiences paid to see their neighbors, families, and themselves on the screen, glimpsed at work and at play. This attractive volume includes over 200 illustrations drawn from the Mitchell and Kenyon collection as well as contemporary posters and handbills from the National Fairground Archive.Vanessa Toulmin's lucid accompanying text provides an introduction to the work of the M & K company, the showmen who commissioned their films, and their place in early British cinema. Focusing on major themes such as Leisure and Recreation, Sport, Industry, the Boer War and the City, Toulmin explores how the M & K collection deepens our understanding of these key aspects of Edwardian life.
About the Author
Vanessa Toulmin is Research Director, National Fairground Archive at the University of Sheffield and a leading authority on Victorian entertainment and film.
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This is an interesting book which makes accessible aspects of life at the beginning of the 20th Century. Observations are tied to the films of Mitchell and Kenyon, DVDs of which have been produced by the British Film Institute and the BBC. A list of the films in the Peter Worden Mitchell and Kenyon is given categorised by both topics and location. More DVDs must surely be released by the BFI of items in the collection. The book is a well illustrated [more than 400 stills from the films] social history of Edwardian Britain. If you are interested in genealogy it will reveal how your ancestors earned their living and how they enjoyed themselves. If you are interested in the development of league and union rugger, how public transport developed or how child labour became constrained, this is the book for you. It is written for the general reader, but the superb bibliographies provide the opportunity for deeper investigations. Altogether, this is an excellent publication.
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