Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgements iv
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 From Variety Hall to Picture House: The Emergence of Scottish Cinema to 1914 16
6. 2 Regulating Scottish Cinema: Censorship and the Child Audience 55
7. 3 Through War and Peace: The Changing Fortunes of Scottish Silent Cinema, 1914–29 97
8. 4 A Seven-day Wonder? Cinema and the Scottish Sabbath 138
9. 5 An Essential Social Habit: Cinema-going in the Early Sound Era, c. 1927–39 177
10. 6 Beyond the Dream Palace: The Role of Non-commercial Cinema in Scotland 218
11. 7 To the Summit and Beyond: Cinema-going in the 1940s 252
12. 8 A Flickering Image: Scottish Film Production 279
13. Conclusion 315
14. Appendix 1 Cinema Companies: Sample, 1895–1914 321
15. Bibliography 325
16. Index 345