----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I can't recall is it was this list which had an inquiry about classism in the cinema. In any case, I though I would pass along this reference to a colleague's dissertation which I just came across and which seems relevant: AUTHOR: Shafer, Stephen Craig, 1949- TITLE: "Enter the Dream House" : the British film industry and the working classes in Depression England, 1929-1939 / by Stephen Craig Shafer. FORMAT: viii, 414 leaves ; 29 cm. DATE: 1982 SUBJECT: Working class--Great Britain. Working class in motion pictures Motion picture industry--Great Britain. Motion pictures--Great Britain--Social aspects. ===== -Richard Leskosky