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Cinemagoers Should ‘…learn from progressive movies, again and again’. Cinemagoing in Czechoslovakia, 1949–1952

In: Towards a Comparative Economic History of Cinema, 1930–1970

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  • Pavel Skopal

    (Masaryk University)

  • Terézia Porubčanská

    (Masaryk University)

  • John Sedgwick

    (Oxford Brookes University)

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The chapter presents research findings on film popularity in Czechoslovakia during the period of late Stalinism. It also reflects upon methodological difficulties of using the POPSTAT Index in a central command economy. Nationally derived statistics set a context in which ideology and shortages were crucial features. These are supplemented by POPSTAT statistics for the city of Brno in 1952 based upon advertised film programmes. While national attendance figures corroborate these, they need to be carefully contextualised. This is because film programmes were required to meet ideological and commercial objectives.

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  • Pavel Skopal & Terézia Porubčanská & John Sedgwick, 2022. "Cinemagoers Should ‘…learn from progressive movies, again and again’. Cinemagoing in Czechoslovakia, 1949–1952," Frontiers in Economic History, in: John Sedgwick (ed.), Towards a Comparative Economic History of Cinema, 1930–1970, pages 281-306, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:frochp:978-3-031-05770-0_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05770-0_10
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