Cinema on the Front Line by Chris Grosvenor - 9781905816736

Cinema on the Front LineBritish Soldiers and Cinema in the First World War\nAuthor(s): Chris Grosvenor\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Exeter Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: University of Exeter Press\nISBN-13: 9781905816736, 978-1905816736\nSynopsis\nWinner of the Theatre Library Associations 2021 Richard Wall Memorial Award for an exemplary work in the field of recorded performance.\n\nCinema on the Front Line offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of how the medium of cinema intersected with the lives of British soldiers during the First World War. Documenting the wartime use of cinema, from domestic recruitment drives to makeshift theatrical venues established on the front line, and then in convalescent hospitals and camps, this book provides evidence of the previously unacknowledged importance of the medium as recreational support and entertainment for soldiers living through the trauma of conflict.\n\nPresenting the fruits of his archival research, the ]