Index

Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield, 20–1, 29, 30, 75, 109, 190

Abbott, Bud and Costello, Lou, 150

ABC, Belfast, 21, 86, 198–9; see also Ritz, Belfast

ABC, Sheffield, 45, 78, 84, 119–22, 124, 198

ABC News, 57, 82, 149

Abrams, Mark, 3, 64

Adelphi Picture Theatre, Sheffield, 23, 24

Adventure, 175

African Queen, The, 144, 148–9

Alhambra, Belfast, 39, 92, 103–4, 143, 146, 152

Alice in Wonderland, 150

Alpha, Belfast, 45, 98–100, 117, 134

Ambassador, Belfast, 152

Annie Get Your Gun, 149

Apartment, The, 125

Apollo, Belfast, 18–19, 24, 27, 28, 38, 95, 102, 108, 132, 134, 152, 198

Arcadian, Belfast, 131, 132, 148, 152

Assassin, The, 136

Associated British Cinemas (ABC), 11, 48, 57, 86–7, 92, 95, 109, 119–22, 124, 126, 134, 136, 138, 149, 151, 159, 160, 170–1, 195, 198

Astoria, Belfast, 95, 106, 132, 152

Astra, Christmas Island, 30

Avenue, Belfast, 102; see also Picture House, Belfast; Regent, Belfast

Ayres, John D., 87

Babette Goes to War, 170

Ballymena, 46

Bangor, 55, 79

Barber, Sian, 60

Barnsley, 23

Barritt, Denis, 75

Battle Inferno, 160

Bean, Kevin, 8

Beatles, the, 86

Beaver Valley, 150

Bebber, Brett, 5

Because You’re Mine, 144

Belfast

armed forces in, 39–40, 103

cinema admissions in, 60, 62, 129–62

cinema licences granted in, 61

growth of cinema in, 10–12

historiography, 9–10

migrant communities in, 23–4

religious divisions in, 7–8, 19, 34–5, 46–9, 56, 75, 132, 196

social and economic conditions, 6–8, 156–7, 199–200

see also Northern Ireland

Belfast Corporation, 15, 39–40, 47, 56, 80, 92–3, 94, 150–1, 195–6

Belfast Institute Film Society, 140

Belfast Museum, 19

Belfast News-Letter, 96

Belfast Rural District Council, 45

Belfast Telegraph, 2–3, 15, 22–3, 25, 34, 35, 43, 44, 47, 53, 57, 59, 64, 67–8, 72, 73, 74, 79, 82, 93–4, 97, 100, 102, 103, 105, 107–9, 129, 131, 139, 140, 142–4, 148–9, 155, 156, 159, 161, 197

Ben-Hur, 159–60, 162, 191

Beret, Dawn, 121

Biltereyst, Daniel, 6, 18, 141–2

bingo, 1, 108, 117, 120, 123, 124, 198

Blackboard Jungle, 42–3

Black Shield of Falworth, 175

Blitz, the, 7, 92–3

Blue Angel, The, 189

Blue Lamp, The, 173, 175

Blue Skies, 175

Board of Trade, 12, 137, 174–6

Bogarde, Dirk, 177

Bond, James, 71

bowling, see ten-pin bowling

boxing, 142–3

Boys Town, 34

Bridge on the River Kwai, 159

British Board of Film Censors (BBFC), 150, 190

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 33, 37, 52–4, 60, 61, 62, 64, 68, 70, 71, 76, 87, 135, 143, 150, 159

British Film Institute, 177, 190

British Film Production Fund, 67, 148, 167, 170

Broadcasting Research Unit, 4

Broadway, Belfast, 95, 129–62

Broadway Melody of 1940, 139

Browning, H. E., 135, 147, 149, 163, 170, 171

Brownlow, Graham, 7

Bryson, Anna, 47

Burton, Alan, 157

cafés, 1, 9, 70, 76

in cinemas, 59, 96, 100, 132

Cage of Nightingales, A, 139

Caine, Andrew, 78

Caine Mutiny, The, 98

Capital and Provincial News Theatres, 100–1, 179

Capitol, Belfast, 95, 107, 132, 152

Capitol, Sheffield, 21, 112

Captain Boycott, 142–3, 147, 162, 197

Carlton, Sheffield, 109, 116

Carlton Browne of the F.O., 184

car ownership, 69, 79–80, 106, 194

Carson, Frank, 161

Carter, M. P., 9, 27–8, 75, 172–3

Cartoon Cinema, Sheffield, 15, 124, 163, 179–83, 185, 191; see also Electra Palace, Sheffield; News Theatre, Sheffield; Classic Cinema, Sheffield

Case of Charles Peace, The, 178

Castle, Belfast, 152

Central Picture Theatre, Belfast, 92, 102

Chantrey Picture House, Sheffield, 20, 116

Chapman, James, 55

Chesterfield, 23, 123

Chibnall, Steve, 83, 151, 157

cinema attendance

and affluence, 4–5, 51, 69–80, 89, 102–3, 151, 194, 200

audience demographics, 3–4, 29–32, 59, 70–1, 84–5, 88–9, 106, 118, 172–3, 194

and the life cycle, 24–32, 33–4, 194

and population shifts, 1, 4–5, 51, 61, 64, 91, 95–100, 109–11, 115, 117–18, 126, 151, 164, 194

regional variations in, 2–4, 6, 17, 49–50, 51–2, 89, 162, 195–6

and television, 1, 4–5, 12, 22, 26–7, 31, 51–2, 59, 60–9, 70–1, 97, 101, 102–3, 105, 106, 108, 114, 115–17, 121, 193–4

UK admissions, 1, 4, 10–12, 17, 51, 119, 135, 151–2, 164–6, 193, 200

Cinema House, Sheffield, 59, 81, 109, 122–3

cinemas

advertising and promotion of, 3, 31, 69, 84–5, 86, 106, 117, 124, 157–8, 159, 169, 172, 178, 195

children’s matinees in, 3, 25–6, 28, 56, 124, 149–50, 186, 191

closure of, 1, 4, 12, 32, 60, 91, 102–9, 115–19, 122–5, 194, 198–200

courtship in, 3, 20, 21, 27–30, 69, 71, 75, 84, 101, 194, 197

crime in, 39, 41, 43, 198

employees, 25, 116–17, 171, 197–8

film hire, 3, 117, 135, 167, 170–1, 188

food and drink in, 31, 114–15, 135, 168–9, 195

misbehaviour in, 25, 28, 31, 37–8, 40–3, 195

national anthem in, 3, 46–8, 49, 58, 196

opening of, 91–102, 112–15, 119–122, 152, 194–5

profitability of, 2–3, 103, 115, 123, 129, 166, 167, 182–3

programming in, 21–2, 31, 33, 85, 101–2, 105–6, 106–7, 117, 124, 135–40, 155, 158–161, 169–70, 173–4, 179–83, 185–90

queues, 3, 31, 37, 39, 40, 106, 112, 123, 156, 157, 159, 195

renovation of, 83, 100–2, 103, 106, 111–12, 117–19, 124–6, 179

smoking in, 14–15, 43–6, 168–9, 195

social and economic distinctions between, 18–24, 102, 131–4, 194–5

technology in, 80–3, 96–7, 112–14, 121–2, 195

Sunday opening of, 23, 39–41, 103, 141, 195–6

CinemaScope, 80, 81–3, 97, 107, 112, 171, 172, 195

Cinematograph Exhibitors’ Association (CEA), 16, 38, 42, 43, 45, 58, 81, 87, 93, 103, 108, 110, 120, 131, 140, 166, 170, 171, 174–6

Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund, 148

Circuits Management Association, 112

City Films Kine Society, 183

City for Conquest, 139

Classic, Belfast, 92, 95, 142, 146, 149; see also Gaumont, Belfast

Classic Cinema, Sheffield, 15, 124–5, 163, 179–83, 184, 185, 190; see also Electra Palace, Sheffield; News Theatre, Sheffield; Classic Cinema, Sheffield

Clonard Picture House, Belfast, 43, 132, 146, 152

Coliseum, Belfast, 46–7, 103–4, 146, 152

Coliseum, Sheffield, 41

Columbia Pictures, 142

Comber, 100, 137

Conquest of Everest, The, 47, 196

Coronation Day, 57

coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 52, 54–9, 193, 196

Court Jester, The, 156

Courtneys of Curzon Street, The, 137

Crimson Pirate, The, 144

Crookes Picture Palace, Sheffield, 29, 32, 42, 118

Cruel Sea, The, 36

Crumlin Picture House, Belfast, 55–6, 118, 152, 159

Curran Theatres, 92, 93–4, 95, 98, 108, 132, 136, 143

Curtis, Tony, 35

Curzon, Belfast, 18–19, 21, 25, 38, 44, 134, 146, 152, 199

Dam Busters, The, 174, 175, 183, 184

dancing/dance halls, 1, 27, 31, 42, 70, 71–5, 76, 79, 98, 104, 105, 195, 198

Darby O’Gill and the Little People, 160

Dark Victory, 175

Darnall Cinema, Sheffield, 115

Darnall Picture Palace, Sheffield, 116

Darts, 21, 22, 184–5

Davis, John, 114

Day, Doris, 35–6

Day in the Country, A, 80

Denison, Michael, 148

Desert Hawk, The, 173

Desert Rats, The, 33–4

Diamond Picture House, Belfast, 103, 132

Dickinson, Margaret, 126

Docherty, David, 71, 80

Doctor at Large, 175, 177, 183, 184

Doctor at Sea, 177

Doctor in the House, 175, 177

Doherty, James, 40, 132, 134

Donat, Robert, 142

Doncaster, 23

Donegan, Lonnie, 77

Don Picture Palace, 116

Don’t Bother to Knock, 121

Doyle, Barry, 2, 51–2

Diamond, Harry, 45

drive-in cinema, 84

Dublin, 57–8, 143, 195

Duchin, Eddy, 158

Duncairn Picture Theatre, Belfast, 102, 134, 146, 152

Dundonald, 96–7

Dunkirk, 175

Ealing Studios, 36

Ecclesfield Cinema House, Ecclesfield, 112

Economist, The, 9, 11–12, 22, 81, 115, 168, 179, 180

Eddy Duchin Story, The, 158

Electra Palace, Sheffield, 179; see also News Theatre, Sheffield; Cartoon Cinema, Sheffield and Classic Cinema, Sheffield

Elizabeth is Queen, 57, 174, 175

Elizabeth II, Queen, see coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Elliott, Marianne, 49

Entertainments Duty/Entertainment Tax, 3, 15, 16, 62, 67, 68, 97, 103, 104, 106, 115–16, 117, 129–62, 166, 169–70, 198

Ercole, Pierluigi, 49–50

Essoldo Circuit, 112

Eveleigh, R. V. C., 83–4, 101, 104, 107, 108, 160

Faire, Lucy, 17, 55, 59, 67, 79, 197

Fancy Pants, 183, 184

Farmer, Richard, 2, 4, 15–16, 134–5, 193, 197

fashion, 35–6, 73, 78–9, 103, 144

Father of the Bride, 174

Father’s Little Dividend, 172, 174, 175

Favell, Arnold, 38, 42, 110, 115, 118

Federation of British Film Makers, 135

Field, Dorita, 32, 54, 64, 98

Film Industry Defence Organisation (FIDO), 87–8

films

behaviour and dress, impact on, 25–6, 35–6, 78–9

British films, reception of, 36–7, 137–8, 174, 177–8, 183

foreign language films, exhibition of, 22–3, 125, 139–40, 160, 183–90

Hollywood films, reception of, 8, 33–6, 137, 162, 174, 183, 196

Irish-themed films, popularity of, 141–7, 160

on television, 67, 86–8

Flame of Araby, The, 184

Ford, John, 144, 146

Forum, Belfast, 43, 92, 146, 152

Forum, Sheffield, 21, 112

Fowler, David, 10, 43

France, cinema admissions in, 12

Freaks, 184

Furneaux, Yvonne, 82

Gaiety, Belfast, 46, 92, 102

Gallaher’s Tobacco, 46, 65

Garbo, Greta, 125

Gaumont, 11, 56, 92, 94, 104, 149, 170–1

Gaumont, Belfast, 25, 55–6, 84, 95, 105, 107, 147, 148, 152, 159; see also Classic, Belfast

Gaumont, Sheffield, 21, 36, 39, 41, 58–9, 69, 84, 85, 114, 163, 177, 178, 183, 198; see also Regent, Sheffield

Gent, Harold, 45, 88, 171

Germany, cinema admissions in, 12

G.I. Blues, 184

Gigi, 159

Glancy, Mark, 35, 138

Glen, Patrick, 41

Globe Picture Palace, Sheffield, 24, 109, 117

Going My Way, 34

Gone with the Wind, 144

Gown, The, 22, 84

Granada television, 52

Grand Opera House, Belfast, 28, 101, 105

Grandsen, Sir Robert, 97

Granger, Stewart, 142

Great Expectations, 189

Green Mare’s Nest, The, 184

greyhound racing, 67

Griffiths, Trevor, 6

Grosvenor Hall, Belfast, 34

Guns of Navarone, The, 106

Guys and Dolls, 157–8

Hall, Sheldon, 114, 163, 178

Hallamshire Cinemas Ltd., 115

Hamlet, 189

Hans Christian Anderson, 173, 174, 175

Hanson, Stuart, 4–5, 32, 36, 80, 84, 193

Harper, Sue, 3–4, 5, 14–15, 17, 78, 105–6, 137, 151, 160, 162, 164, 176, 177, 178, 193

Hayes, Richard, 151

Healy, Cahir, 45

Heeley Coliseum, 20, 26–7

Heeley Green Picture House, Sheffield, 20, 117

Heeley Palace, 20, 84–5, 109

Helzapoppin, 138

Henderson, Brum, 65, 68

Henry V, 188

Hercules, 184

Hercules Unchained, 86

Hey, David, 10

Hill, Jeffrey, 5

Hill, John, 10

Hillsborough Kinema House, Sheffield, 116

Hippodrome, Sheffield, 31, 109, 119, 123

Hiroshima Mon Amour, 185

Hodges, Mark, 29, 32, 66, 110

Holiday Camp, 174, 175

Hollywood Canteen, 173

Holmes, Su, 86

Horn, Adrian, 5, 8, 30, 35, 70, 72, 73, 76

House of Wax, 80, 171

ice skating, 31, 72–3

Ideal Husband, An, 138

Ideal Kinema, 84, 100, 121–2, 126

Il Tetto, 125

Imperial Picture House, Belfast, 39–40, 56, 92, 103, 152, 156, 157

Independent Television (ITV), 52–3, 61, 71, 83, 115

Intimate Stranger, The, 69

Ireland, Republic of, 198

censorship in, 151

cinema admissions in, 12

coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in, 57–8

television in, 52 n. 9

Irish Builder and Engineer, 96, 97

Irish Examiner, 57–8

Irish Independent, 102, 108, 138, 146

Irish Theatres, 92, 95, 103, 106

Italy, cinema admissions in, 12–13

Ivanhoe, 144

Jack and the Beanstalk, 144, 149–50

Jacqueline, 147, 178

James, Robert, 6, 14–15, 17, 131

Jancovich, Mark, 17, 55, 59, 67, 79, 197

Johnny Belinda, 136, 175

Jones, Matthew, 14, 33, 197

Jones, Tom, 86

Jour de fête, 140

Journey to the Center of the Earth, 184

Just for Fun, 190

Just my Luck, 178

Kane, Eden, 86

Kelly’s Directory of Sheffield and Rotherham, 185

Kelvin,Belfast, 39, 93; see also Mayfair, Belfast; News and Cartoon Cinema, Belfast

Kermesse Heroique, 140

Kinematograph Renters’ Society, 117

Kinematograph Weekly, 7, 16, 22, 38, 43, 46, 67, 68, 83, 85, 86, 93, 94, 95, 96–7, 98, 100, 104, 107, 113, 120, 125, 132, 134, 139, 145, 147, 156–8, 159, 160, 161, 168, 177

Kinematograph Year Book, 11

Kine Sales and Catering Review, 114–15

King of Kings, 191

King Solomon’s Mines, 183, 184

Knife in the Water, 190

Korda, Alexander, 87

Kuhn, Annette, 6, 14, 18, 33, 197

Kynaston, David, 54

Langhamer, Claire, 5, 28, 71, 118

Laughter in Paradise, 184

Lavers, G. R., 74, 179

Les Enfants du Paradis, 140

Library Theatre, Sheffield, 15, 183–90, 191

Lido, Belfast, 85, 96, 97, 107, 134, 152, 153, 161

Lion is in the Streets, A, 157

Lodge, George, 34–5, 95, 103, 157

Lovely To Look At, 144

Lucan, Arthur, 149

Lyceum, Belfast, 95, 102, 107, 153

Lyric, Belfast, 92

Lyric Picture House, Sheffield, 109

Macbeth, 150

Majestic, Belfast, 56, 92, 134, 136, 146, 149, 151, 153, 157, 160

Maltby, Richard, 6, 13, 49, 141–2

Manchester Guardian, 56

Man of the Moment, 177, 178

Manor, Sheffield, 124, 166

Man with the Golden Arm, The, 156

March Hare, The, 147

Martin Luther, 34–5, 196

Mason, James, 146

Master of Ballantrae, The, 82

Maurey, Nicole, 121

Mayfair, Belfast, 22–3, 42–3, 92, 93, 100–1, 140, 153; see also Kelvin, Belfast; News and Cartoon Cinema, Belfast

McBride Neill, John, 96, 100, 134

McCallum, John, 149

Meers, Philippe, 6, 18, 141–2

Metro, Dundonald, 96–7, 107

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 134, 155, 157, 159

Midgley, Harry, 47–8

Midland Picture House, Belfast, 92

Misadventures of Buster Keaton, The, 184

Miskell, Peter, 6, 13

Monaghan, Rinty, 142–3

Monsieur Vincent, 187

Monthly Film Bulletin, 85 n. 201, 140

Moran, Joe, 51, 52 n. 9, 54, 63–4

Morgan the Pirate, 184

Morrison, David, 71, 80

Motion Picture Herald, 178

Movietone, 57

Mrs. Miniver, 139

Murder Incorporated, 151

music, popular, 71, 73, 76–8

in cinemas, 85–6

in films, 42–3, 78

My Brother Jonathan, 138

My Wild Irish Rose, 136, 140

National Association of Theatrical and Kinema Employees (NATKE), 82, 116

National Service, 30

Neagle, Anna, 138

Neill, Desmond, 32, 54, 64, 98

new cinema history, 1–2, 6, 13, 17, 49, 51, 89, 91, 190, 193, 197, 200

New Princess Palace, Belfast, 153

News and Cartoon Cinema, Belfast, 22–3, 100–1; see also Kelvin, Belfast; Mayfair, Belfast

newsreels, 33, 55–6, 58–9, 100, 135, 170

News Theatre, Sheffield, 23, 42, 58, 81, 124, 179; see also Electra Palace, Sheffield; Cartoon Cinema, Sheffield; Classic Cinema, Sheffield

New Vic cinema, Belfast, 199; see also Royal Hippodrome, Belfast; Odeon, Belfast

Nicoli, Marina, 12–13

Night to Remember, A, 147, 178

Norfolk Picture House, Sheffield, 117

Northern Ireland

cinema admissions in, 62, 135, 151–2

cinemas in, 11, 91

juvenile delinquency in, 27

Ministry of Commerce, 93

Ministry of Home Affairs, 150–1

Ministry of Finance, 93, 129–31, 161

Parliament of (Stormont), 45–6, 47–8, 94, 137

social and cultural history of, 8, 35, 70

unemployment in, 7, 94, 193

see also Belfast

Northern Ireland Child Welfare Council, 27

Northern Ireland Council for the Encouragement of the Music and the Arts (CEMA), 104

Northern Ireland Housing Trust, 54, 98

Northern Whig, 39, 57, 81, 137–8, 140, 144, 157

Northwest Passage, 139

Nott, James, 72, 74

Nudist Story, The, 161

Nugent, Sir Roland, 137

Nun’s Story, The, 159

O’Connell, Sean, 7

O’Dea, Jimmy, 149

O’Hara, Maureen, 143, 145

O’Neill, Terence, 130, 158, 161

O’Rawe, Catherine, 50

Odd Man Out, 146, 178

Odeon, 11, 56, 69, 93, 94, 95, 104, 108, 112–15, 160, 170–1

Odeon (NI) Ltd., 83–4, 95, 101–2, 103–4, 106, 107, 132, 160

Odeon, Belfast, 102, 106, 108, 198–9; see also Royal Hippodrome; Belfast; New Vic, Belfast

Odeon, Sheffield, 45, 68, 83, 84, 109, 112–15, 120, 122, 198

Old Mother Riley, 149

On Moonlight Bay, 144

oral history methodology, 13–14, 17–18, 25, 30, 33–4, 47, 49–50, 54–5, 131, 197

Orbison, Roy, 86

Oxford Picture House, Sheffield, 109

Paragon, Sheffield, 123, 124

Paramount, 33, 82, 155

Paris, Palace Hotel, 160

Park, Belfast, 146, 153

Park, Sheffield, 118

Parker, Cecil, 142

Pavilion, Sheffield, 24, 109

Pelicans, The, 190

Phoenix, Sheffield, 42, 118

Picnic, 154, 156

Picturedrome, Belfast, 134, 146, 153

Picture House, Belfast, 92, 93–4, 132; see also Avenue, Belfast; Regent, Belfast

Picture Parade, 86

Picture Post, 7–8

Plaza, Sheffield, 41, 124

Political and Economic Planning, 81

Pollyanna, 119

Popular Picture Theatre, Belfast 92–3, 108, 153

Porter, Vincent, 3–4, 5, 78, 105–6, 137, 151, 160, 162, 176, 177, 178, 193

Powell, Victor, 104

Presley, Elvis, 4, 77

Prisoner of Zenda, The, 149

Psycho, 27

public transport, 4, 20, 27, 28, 32, 46, 58, 79–80, 98, 101, 110–11, 179, 194

Queen is Crowned, A, 56–7, 59

Queen’s Cinema, Belfast, 92

Queen’s University Film Society, 19, 140

Quiet Man, The, 142, 143–6, 162, 196

quotas, 7, 137–9, 174–7

Quo Vadis, 171, 175

radio, 55, 63, 65, 73, 76, 116

Ramsden, John, 36

Randle, Frank, 178

Rank, J. Arthur, 94

Rank Organisation, 11 n. 49, 22, 43, 68–9, 83–4, 93–5, 103–4, 105, 106, 108, 109, 112–15, 126, 132, 147, 194–5, 198

Reach for the Sky, 114

Regal, Belfast, 95, 106, 132, 153

Regal, Sheffield, 24, 122

Regent, Belfast, 58, 94, 95, 102, 105, 129–62; see also Avenue, Belfast; Picture House, Belfast

Regent, Sheffield, 109, 188; see also Gaumont, Sheffield

Reo, Ballyclare, 96

Rex, Sheffield, 15, 59, 61, 88, 163, 164–78, 183, 185, 190–1

Rhodes, Eric, 100

Richard, Cliff, 78

Richards, Jeffrey, 55

Rio Bravo, 175

Rio Grande, 146

Ritchie, Donald, 14

Ritz, Belfast, 21, 31, 56, 57, 78, 80–2, 83, 85–6, 92, 108, 129–62, 199; see also ABC, Belfast

Ritz, Sheffield, 21

River of No Return, 172

RKO Pictures, 87

Road to Utopia, 173

Robe, The, 125

Rob Roy, 173, 175

Rock-a-Bye Baby, 159

Rockett, Kevin, 10, 129, 132

Rogers, Roy, 25, 149–50

roller skating, 74

Rolling Stones, the, 86

Roman Holiday, 125

Romantici a Venezia, 140

Rooney, 147

Roscoe Picture Palace, Sheffield, 81, 124

Rotherham, 23, 52, 123, 171

Rowntree, Seebohm, 74, 179

Rowson, Simon, 163

Royal, Belfast, 92, 105, 153, 157

Royal Hippodrome, Belfast, 56, 80, 82, 83, 85 n. 201, 92, 101–2, 105, 107, 132, 146, 147, 148, 152, 153, 156, 198–9; see also Odeon, Belfast; New Vic, Belfast

RTÉ, 52

Sabrina, 98

Safari, 154

Sanders of the River, 137

Sandro, Belfast, 108

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 119

Savoy, Belfast, 146, 153

Scala, Sheffield, 115

Scala Cinemas, 38

Screen Advertising Association, 30, 88–9

Second World War, 1, 2, 11, 35, 36–7, 48, 91, 109, 112, 138, 160, 168, 193, 197

Sedgwick, John, 12–13, 14–15, 162

Sergeants 3, 184

Seventh Veil, The, 138

Shail, Robert, 25

Shankill Picturedrome, 102, 106

Shapiro, Helen, 86

Shaw, Clifford, 186

Sheffield

cinema admissions in, 163

cinema licences granted in, 61

growth of cinema in, 10–12

social and economic conditions, 6–7, 9, 199

historiography, 10

migrant communities in, 23

see also Yorkshire

Sheffield and District Cinematograph Theatres, 109

Sheffield City Council, 15, 40 n. 147, 42, 44, 45, 110, 117, 123, 185

Sheffield Film Society, 183–4, 190

Sheffield Telegraph, 69, 84, 113–14, 121

Sheffield University Film Unit, 184–5

Sheridan, Dinah, 114

Singing Fool, The, 132

Singin’ in the Rain, 173

Slack, Harold, 121

Smith, Cyril, 29, 32, 66, 110

Solid Gold Cadillac, The, 158

Song of Bernadette, 34

Sorrell, A. A., 135, 147, 149, 163, 170, 171

South Pacific, 83, 159

Spraos, John, 4, 32, 62, 64, 88, 112

Spring in Park Lane, 136, 138

Square Peg, The, 175, 178

Stacey, Jackie, 36

Stadium, Belfast, 106, 146, 153

Star, Sheffield, 23, 109

Star, The, Sheffield, 15, 27, 31, 38, 48, 52, 59, 66, 68, 75, 76, 77–9, 111, 112–13, 115–17, 118–19, 120, 123, 124–5, 126, 164, 169–70, 182, 183, 188, 197

Star Cinemas, 85, 109, 112, 122, 125, 166, 194

Steele, Tommy, 78

Steel Town, 178

Stokes, Melvyn, 13

Story of Esther Costello, The, 147

Strand, Belfast, 47, 56, 92, 129–62, 196

Street, Sarah, 126

Streetcar Named Desire, A, 144, 151

Stubbings, Sarah, 17, 55, 59, 67, 79, 197

Student Prince, The, 34

Studio 7 cinema, Sheffield, 125–6; see also Wicker, Sheffield

Summer Holiday, 78

Sunbeam Picture Palace, Sheffield, 123

Swordsman, The, 136

Sylvie et la Fantome, 140

Tall Men, The, 184

Tamango, 160

Tarzan, the Ape Man, 184

Technicolor, 56, 142, 171, 196

Teddy Boys, 41–3, 49, 125

television

and cinema attendance, 1, 4–5, 12, 22, 26–7, 31, 51–2, 59, 60–9, 70–1, 97, 101, 102–3, 105, 106, 108, 114, 115–17, 121, 193–4

and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 54–7, 59, 193

hire purchase of, 63–7

introduction of, 52–3

licences, 53–4, 62–3, 68

ownership, 1, 54–5, 62–8

promotion of cinemas on, 86

rentals, 64–6

see also BBC, ITV and UTV

Ten Commandments, The, 119

ten-pin bowling, 1, 101, 119–20, 124, 126, 198

This is the Army, 160

This Modern Age, 188

Thissen, Judith, 51, 89

Thomas, Nick, 5

Thorburn, June, 121

3D films, 80–1, 171

Tinsley Picture Palace, Sheffield, 116

Tivoli, Belfast, 95, 96, 107, 153

Todd, Richard, 121

Todd-AO, 80, 83

Top Hat, 173

Town Like Alice, A, 172

Tracey, Michael, 4, 71, 80

Tread Softly Stranger, 178

Treasure Island, 188

Treveri Gennari, Daniela, 49–50

Trigger Junior, 149–50

Trouble in Store, 177

Troxy, Belfast, 85, 129–62

Tudor, Sheffield, 117; see also Heeley Green Picture House, Sheffield

20th Century Fox, 83

Two Way Stretch, 184

Ulster Television (UTV), 52 n. 9, 53, 65, 68, 70, 86, 105

Une Femme Disparaît, 186

Union Cinemas, 92, 134

Union Street Picture Palace, Sheffield, 10, 123

United States of America (USA)

army in Northern Ireland, 7, 35

cinema admissions in, 12–13, 80, 89, 105–6, 155

distribution companies, 155

drive-in cinemas, 84

Hollywood films, reception of, 8, 33–6, 137, 162, 174, 183, 196

Unity Picture Palace, Sheffield, 48, 117

Universal, 33, 59

Up in the World, 178

Victory Picture Palace, Sheffield, 115

VistaVision, 80, 82, 83

Walking My Baby Back Home, 84

War and Peace, 155, 162

Warner Brothers, 134, 151

Warter, Philip, Sir, 119

Wayne, John, 143, 145

Welles, Orson, 150

West End Jungle, 161

West End Picture House, Belfast, 106

Weston Picture Palace, Sheffield, 115

Wicker cinema, Sheffield, 22, 23, 42, 109, 125; see also Studio 7, Sheffield

When You Come Home, 178

Whispering Smith, 38

White Christmas, 82

Wicked Lady, The, 138

Willowfield Picture House, Belfast, 153

Wilson, Harold, 176

Wincobank Picture Palace, Sheffield, 116

Windsor, Belfast, 146, 153

Wisdom, Norman, 177–8

Woodhouse Picture Palace, Sheffield, 38, 115

Woodseats Picture Palace, Sheffield, 20, 85, 123

World War II, see Second World War

Wuthering Heights, 125, 182, 184

X certificate, 38, 119, 150–1, 161

Yorkshire, 9, 83, 85 n. 101, 112, 169, 178, 182

cinema admissions in, 163, 198

television in, 52–3

see also Sheffield

Young Ones, The, 78, 160

Young Lions, The, 157

Zarak, 157–8

Zorro, 26

Zweig, Ferdynand, 66, 79–80