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A five page paper which looks at the extent of the influence which the Christian church had on the early development of cinema in Britain. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of the churchs influence on cinema attendance in Britain in the early twentieth century, it is useful to consider how great a part the church played in the everyday lives
of most Britons, and how greatly this would affect their entertainment habits in general, given that the cinema was a comparatively new form of art at the time and not
one that was widely available on a national level.
The majority of British people of the period belonged to one or another branch of the Protestant church, although there was also a sizeable Catholic and Jewish community also.
All of these religious faiths, however, had in common certain moral values and principles which specifically affected the way in which people perceived art, and it was also the case
that the Church as a whole was able to exert considerable influence over societal institutions as a whole.
Consequently, cinema viewing was affected on a number of different levels by religious beliefs and customs, as exemplified in social and
political practice. Perhaps the most obvious ways in which these influences manifested themselves were in censorship, and in the way that actual cinema attendance was perceived.
Strictly religious individuals were of the opinion that frivolous forms of entertainment, such
as theatre and cinema, were undesirable, and that ones free time should be spent in work, community activity or religious belief. Some religions, such as the Wee Frees in Scotland,
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