Browsing by Author "Porter, Laraine"
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'The Americanisation of England’ Anti- American sentiment and the arrival of the Talkies'
Porter, Laraine (Presentation)The arrival of synchronised sound films in Britain between 1928 and 1930 gave a boost to the anti-American sentiment that had been bubbling under the surface for some time. Hollywood films had dominated the British box ... -
A Cottage on Dartmoor (Anthony Asquith, UK, 1929)
Porter, Laraine (Presentation)A presentation prior to a public screening at the MacRobert's Arts Centre at the University of Stirling as part of the British Silent Cinema and the Transition to Sound symposium 23-24 May 2016 -
Fleapits and Picture Palaces
Jones, Matthew; Chibnall, S.; Porter, Laraine (Video)This 25-minute documentary, produced collaborative by members of the Cinema and Television History (CATH) Research Centre, explores the history of cinema-going in Leicester and its surrounding area. Connecting trends in ... -
Introduction: British Cinema History
Hunter, I. Q.; Porter, Laraine; Smith, Justin (Book chapter)Book chapter. -
Leicester Cinema History
This public exhibition, housed in the DMU Heritage Centre, ran from February to May 2017. It charted the development, decline and resurgence of Leicester's cinema culture through a large map displaying the cinemas within ... -
"The “Missing Muscle”: Attitudes to Women Working in Cinema and Music 1910 to 1930
Porter, Laraine (Article)In the 1900s as Edwardian women musicians moved from music teaching into public performance, cinemas offered a safe place: out of the spotlight and in the relative anonymity of the darkened auditorium. The rapid growth in ... -
Okay for Sound? The reception of the early Talkies in Britain
Porter, Laraine (Presentation)A review of the various ways in which early sound films were received in Britain from the popular press, to fan magazines, literary critics, public intellectuals and modernist writers like Dorothy Richardson. The reception ... -
Okay for Sound? The reception of the Talkies in Britain 1928-1932
Porter, Laraine (Article)The arrival of the talkies in Britain evoked mixed responses. While popular audiences enthusiastically embraced Hollywood musicals like the Al Jolson hit The Singing Fool (1928), the literati were often scathing of ... -
The problem of the female voice: Women working in the transition between silent and sound film in Britain
Porter, Laraine (Presentation)This presentation will look at the ways in which women in the British film industry contributed to the transition between silent and sound cinema. It will look at issues that affected their roles both in front of, and ... -
The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History
Hunter, I. Q.; Porter, Laraine; Smith, Justin (Book)Edited collection on British cinema history -
Routledge Companion to British Cinema History
Hunter, I. Q.; Porter, Laraine; Smith, Justin (Book)A 39-chapter edited volume that offers a comprehensive and revisionist overview of British cinema as both a commercial entertainment industry and a series of institutions centred on economics, funding and relations to ... -
Silent Cinema Music and the Transition to Sound
Porter, Laraine (Presentation)The development of silent film music between the 1900s and 1920s up until the coming of sound cinema, largely reflected popular tastes and musical styles of the period. But many performances were improvised and not documented ...