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 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

Book chapter.

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 ...

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 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 ...

A review of the British cinema industry in the 1920s before the arrival of sound which examines the reasons behind the industry's downturn and near-bankruptcy in 1926, including economics, lack of modernisation and capital ...