List of illustrations

Figure

1.1 Children in Botanic Gardens, Belfast, 1950s.

2.1 Ritz stage show, Belfast, June 1953.

2.2 Recorded admissions in Northern Ireland cinemas, 1948–57.

3.1 Lido, Shore Road, Belfast, 1955.

3.2 Rathcoole, 1936 and 1960–1 (Alpha circled).

3.3 Interior of Odeon, Sheffield, July 1956.

5.1 Rex Cinema (centre) and surrounding area, Intake, Sheffield, 1951.

5.2 Rex Cinema, Sheffield, c. 1943–5.

5.3 Gross revenue of ancillary items at the Rex Cinema, Sheffield, 1945–65.

5.4 Cartoon Cinema, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, c. 1959–60.

5.5 Classic Cinema, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, 1963.

5.6 Percentage of total admissions sold by day of week at the Cartoon Cinema, April 1961–January 1962 and the Classic Cinema, January 1962–November 1964.

5.7 Annual attendance of film screenings at the Library Theatre, Sheffield.

5.8 Film screening at the Library Theatre, Sheffield, November 1950.

Table

2.1 Introduction of UK television services.

2.2 Belfast cinema admissions at six-monthly intervals, March 1952–September 1954.

2.3 Number of cinema licences granted in Belfast and Sheffield, 1945–64.

2.4 Percentage of families owning television licences, 1957–65.

4.1 Entertainments Duty receipts in Northern Ireland, 1949–60. 130

4.2 Revenue, taxation and admissions in selected Belfast cinemas, 1948–61.

4.3 Ten highest-grossing films at the Ritz, 7 April 1952 to 28 March 1953.

4.4 Exhibition of The Quiet Man in Belfast.

4.5 Dutiable admissions at Belfast cinemas, 1952–3 and 1956–7.

4.6 Dutiable admissions at the Broadway and the Regent, 1952–61.

5.1 Selected revenue and expenditure at the Rex Cinema, Sheffield, 1945–64.

5.2 Ten highest-grossing main features at the Rex Cinema, August 1945–July 1960.

5.3 Most successful programmes at the Rex Cinema by year (August to July), 1945–6 to 1959–60.

5.4 Gross box-office revenue and admissions at the Sheffield Cartoon/Classic Cinema, 1961–4.

5.5 Ten highest weekly attendances, Classic Cinema, January 1962–November 1964.