Sociology of film : studies and documents / by J.P. Mayer
1946, 1st edition. London : Faber and Faber Limited. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #436462
Physical description: 328 pages plates, portraits 23 cm. Series: The Literature of cinema. Contents: Perspectives of a sociology of film -- On theatre [i.e. theater] and cinema ; Universal audiences ; Political philosophy -- The Elizabethan theatre and the modern cinema -- Impressions and reflections on children's cinema clubs -- Children and adolescents and the cinema -- Movies and conduct -- The content of films -- The adult and the cinema -- Conclusions
Appendixes: 1: Some observations on the drama among democratic nations -- 2: Children's cinemas and films in the Soviet Union -- 3: A modern psychologist on films -- 4: The new middle classes -- 5: Report to film research [Form]. Subjects: Motion pictures. Films. Motion pictures Social aspects. Cinema.
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