Add to ORKGThis chapter investigates how the Australian film industry was historically shaped during its formative period by the block booking contract system, which flooded Australia cinema screens with popular American films. While the block booking strategy did not last, Australias obsession with American cinema did, to the point where exhibitors today are still dependent on filling their venues with the latest craze from America. By concentrating on the silent period of 19091927, this chapter discusses a number of significant shifts in film exhibition that transformed Australian cinema from an independent and self-sufficient industry into a local Hollywood
The histories of New Zealand and Australian film production, distribution and exhibition have been c...
The Australian feature film production sector has long been supported by government regulation and s...
This book examines why thousands of cinemas opened in Britain in the space of a few years before the...
The 1927-1928 Commonwealth Royal Commission on the Moving Picture Industry in Australia followed a s...
Despite Australia being one of the most robust and progressive film industries during the early year...
Executive Summary From 1906 to 1911, Australia was the most prolific producer of feature films in ...
By the mid-1930s the major Hollywood studios had developed extensive networks of distribution subsid...
In 1959·60 there were approximately 1200 country picture theatres in Australia, most of them run by ...
In Australian cinema since the mid-2000s, horror has become a popular and at times commercially viab...
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This chapter analyses the distinctiveness of the coming of permanent sound (the talkies) to the Aust...
© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Australia has historically been an imp...
By investigating the early Australian feature films, through the Australian Copyright Act 1905, begi...
In 1935, Australian filmmaker Ken G. Hall visited Hollywood to examine modern studio techniques. His...
Around three decades ago, multi-screen complexes began to transform the business and culture of cine...
The histories of New Zealand and Australian film production, distribution and exhibition have been c...
The Australian feature film production sector has long been supported by government regulation and s...
This book examines why thousands of cinemas opened in Britain in the space of a few years before the...
The 1927-1928 Commonwealth Royal Commission on the Moving Picture Industry in Australia followed a s...
Despite Australia being one of the most robust and progressive film industries during the early year...
Executive Summary From 1906 to 1911, Australia was the most prolific producer of feature films in ...
By the mid-1930s the major Hollywood studios had developed extensive networks of distribution subsid...
In 1959·60 there were approximately 1200 country picture theatres in Australia, most of them run by ...
In Australian cinema since the mid-2000s, horror has become a popular and at times commercially viab...
Copyright Flinders University. This dataset is available for reuse under a Creative Commons Attri...
This chapter analyses the distinctiveness of the coming of permanent sound (the talkies) to the Aust...
© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Australia has historically been an imp...
By investigating the early Australian feature films, through the Australian Copyright Act 1905, begi...
In 1935, Australian filmmaker Ken G. Hall visited Hollywood to examine modern studio techniques. His...
Around three decades ago, multi-screen complexes began to transform the business and culture of cine...
The histories of New Zealand and Australian film production, distribution and exhibition have been c...
The Australian feature film production sector has long been supported by government regulation and s...
This book examines why thousands of cinemas opened in Britain in the space of a few years before the...