Folk like us: emotional movement from the screen and the platform in british life model lantern slide sets 1880-1910
Abstract The turn of the Nineteenth Century was the golden age of the magic lantern, at least in terms of its popularity across the UK, as in much of Europe and the United States. This article argues that one of the chief reasons for its success in this period was that often it both represented and was presented by individuals similar to those in many of its audiences. Focusing on life model lantern slide series/sets, which were also at their most popular during this period, the article draws on two large datasets in order to consider aspects of screen practice associated with the slides themselves and with their conditions of performance. The article argues that slides and shows were designed to foster recognition and projection in their audiences, allowing them to compare the moral lessons conveyed by many life model sets with their own everyday experiences. The article thus seeks to explain the persuasiveness of many life model slide sets, showing that a form of entertainment which sometimes appears melodramatic or naïve to modern viewers, was in fact skilfully designed to fulfil such important objectives for countless local presenters and their audiences.
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‘British Women’s Temperance Association’ (1902) Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser. 8 January, 5.
‘BWTA’ (1897) The Jedburgh Gazette. 6 February, n.p.
‘Central Gospel Mission’ (1935) Nelson Leader. 27 December, 5.
Cohen, J. (2001) ‘Defining Identification: A Theoretical Look at the Identification of Audiences with Media Characters’. Mass Communication and Society 4:3, 245-264.
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Eifler, K. (2010) ‘Between Attraction and Instruction: Lantern Shows in British Poor Relief’, Early Popular Visual Culture 8:4, 363-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/17460654.2010.513819
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Eifler, K. (2017) The Great Gun of the Lantern: Lichtbildereinsatz sozialer Organisationen in Großbritannien (1875-1914). Marburg: Schüren Verlag.
Finnegan, D.A. (2009) Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland. London: Pickering and Chatto.
‘Milborne Port’ (1900) Western Chronicle. 12 January, n.p.
‘My Notes’ (1947) Shields Daily News. 18 October, 6.
Naylor, S. (2010) Regionalizing Science: Placing Knowledges in Victorian England. London: Pickering and Chatto.
‘Our Library Table’ (1886), Bristol Mercury. 10 March, 6.
Parsons, C.R. (1885) The Man with the White Hat, or, The Story of an Unknown Mission. London: Charles H Kelly.
Proctor, C.K. (c.1907) Riches and Rags: A Service of Song. London: Bayley and Ferguson.
‘Scottish Coast Mission – Week Night Meetings’ (1886) The Falkirk Herald and Linlithgow Journal. 15 December, 5.
‘Service of Song’ (1899) Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. 3 March, 5.
‘Song Service in the Synod Hall’ (1906) Edinburgh Evening News. 23 April, 4.
‘The Man with a White Hat’ (1894) Bedfordshire Mercury. 24 February, 8.
The Showman (1900) ‘Lecturer’s Profits’. The Optical Magic Lantern Journal (March issue), 39.
Thorne, S. (1999) Congregational Missions and the Making of an Imperial Culture in Nineteenth Century England. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Tipton, J. (1893) For the Master’s Sake: A Musical Service. London: Bayley and Ferguson.
Vogl-Bienek, L.M., and Crangle, R. (eds) (2014) Screen Culture and the Social Question 1880-1914. New Barnet: John Libbey.’
Vogl-Bienek, L.M. (2016) ‘Turning the Social Problem into Performance: Slumming and Screen Culture in Victorian Lantern Shows’, in Braun, M. et al (eds), Beyond the Screen: Institutions, Networks, and Publics of Early Cinema. New Barnet: John Libbey, 315-24.
‘Yieldshields SS Soiree’ (1918) Hamilton Advertiser. 5 January, 5.
‘Young People’s Party’ (1934) The Diss Express and Norfolk and Suffolk Journal. 2 February, 7.
‘Gospel Union (Commercial Street)’ (1934) Fife Free Press and Kirkcaldy Guardian. 29 December, 6.
Hartrick, E. (2017) The Magic Lantern in Colonial Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
‘Honley’ (1899) Huddersfield Chronicle. 28 January, 7.
‘Intemperate Temperance’ (1898) Western Figaro. 1 April, 7.
‘Kirkintilloch’ (1896) Kirkintilloch Herald. 1 January, 4.
‘Lantern Mission’ (1893) Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette. 14 November, 6.
‘Lantern Mission’ (1895) The Watford Observer. 16 March, n.p.
‘Lantern Service’ (1896) West of England Advertiser. 20 February, 4.
‘Lawson’, H.A. (Rev.) (n.d.) Little Tiz: Service of Song. London: Bayley and Ferguson.
‘Local Brevities’ (1895) Coleraine Chronicle. 30 March, 6.
Lucerna Magic Lantern Web Resource. Retrieved from www.slides.uni-trier.de
Kember, J., & Crangle, R. (2018). Folk like us: emotional movement from the screen and the platform in british life model lantern slide sets 1880-1910. Fonseca, Journal of Communication, (16), 115–133. https://doi.org/10.14201/fjc201816115133
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