Richard Farmer
@rgfarmer.bsky.social
Film historian. Straddling the line between nerd and dweeb.
My author copy of our STUDIOTEC project book arrived today. I'm pleased as punch to have been able to work alongside @sarahstreet.bsky.social, @eleanorhalsall.bsky.social, and many other brainy people in its creation.
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
My author copy of our STUDIOTEC project book arrived today. I'm pleased as punch to have been able to work alongside @sarahstreet.bsky.social, @eleanorhalsall.bsky.social, and many other brainy people in its creation.
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Girls Outside the Gaiety Cinema, Newlyn
1925
Harold Harvey (1874–1941)
Private Collection
1925
Harold Harvey (1874–1941)
Private Collection
September 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Girls Outside the Gaiety Cinema, Newlyn
1925
Harold Harvey (1874–1941)
Private Collection
1925
Harold Harvey (1874–1941)
Private Collection
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Our STUDIOTEC book on European film studios from 1930-60, a BFI imprint, is getting closer to publication. It's now listed on Bloomsbury's website:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/search/?q...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/search/?q...
Search Results: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) - Bloomsbury
www.bloomsbury.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Our STUDIOTEC book on European film studios from 1930-60, a BFI imprint, is getting closer to publication. It's now listed on Bloomsbury's website:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/search/?q...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/search/?q...
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Keep forgetting to post about it (everything's frantic, prepping for this + working to get the
@londonaustfilm.bsky.social
festival line-up sorted), but I'm doing my first keynote tomorrow, as part of the PICNIC @ 50 symposium at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, organised by Jonathan Rayner and SCRIF.
@londonaustfilm.bsky.social
festival line-up sorted), but I'm doing my first keynote tomorrow, as part of the PICNIC @ 50 symposium at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, organised by Jonathan Rayner and SCRIF.
June 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Keep forgetting to post about it (everything's frantic, prepping for this + working to get the
@londonaustfilm.bsky.social
festival line-up sorted), but I'm doing my first keynote tomorrow, as part of the PICNIC @ 50 symposium at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, organised by Jonathan Rayner and SCRIF.
@londonaustfilm.bsky.social
festival line-up sorted), but I'm doing my first keynote tomorrow, as part of the PICNIC @ 50 symposium at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, organised by Jonathan Rayner and SCRIF.
Sound the new article klaxon again! My piece on the death and afterlife of Denham film studios is now available for FREE in Industrial Archaeology Review.
Features a wonderful picture of a pig in a mail coach and my usual erudite musings.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Features a wonderful picture of a pig in a mail coach and my usual erudite musings.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Requiem for a Film Studio: The Death and Afterlife of Denham
London Film Productions’ Denham Studios were the largest and most advanced in Britain when they opened in 1936. Despite producing some of the best-known British-made films of the next 15 years, the...
www.tandfonline.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Sound the new article klaxon again! My piece on the death and afterlife of Denham film studios is now available for FREE in Industrial Archaeology Review.
Features a wonderful picture of a pig in a mail coach and my usual erudite musings.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Features a wonderful picture of a pig in a mail coach and my usual erudite musings.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My article on Golden Age detective novels set in British film studios has just been published in the Journal of British Cinema and Television.
Come for the gruesome murders, stay for the cover art and searing analysis. [Login needed, sadly.]
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
Come for the gruesome murders, stay for the cover art and searing analysis. [Login needed, sadly.]
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
Death in Filmland: British Film Studios and 1930s Detective Fiction | Journal of British Cinema and Television
British film studios enjoyed unusually high prominence in the 1930s, both as places where popular culture was produced and as elements of popular culture in their own right. It is unsurprising, then, ...
www.euppublishing.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My article on Golden Age detective novels set in British film studios has just been published in the Journal of British Cinema and Television.
Come for the gruesome murders, stay for the cover art and searing analysis. [Login needed, sadly.]
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
Come for the gruesome murders, stay for the cover art and searing analysis. [Login needed, sadly.]
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
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If you'd like to know more about European film studios between 1930-1960, the STUDIOTEC book will be available from Bloomsbury early next year.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/film-stud...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/film-stud...
Film Studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy
www.bloomsbury.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If you'd like to know more about European film studios between 1930-1960, the STUDIOTEC book will be available from Bloomsbury early next year.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/film-stud...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/film-stud...
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STUDIOTEC project book Film Studios now in production with Bloomsbury!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/film-stud...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/film-stud...
Film Studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy
www.bloomsbury.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
STUDIOTEC project book Film Studios now in production with Bloomsbury!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/film-stud...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/film-stud...
On VE night, British cinemas celebrated by switching on their external lights for the first time since the introduction of the blackout. Many children witnessed the 'strange miracle' of neon for the first time and crowds 'just stared up at the lights, their happy faces illuminated in the glare'.
May 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
On VE night, British cinemas celebrated by switching on their external lights for the first time since the introduction of the blackout. Many children witnessed the 'strange miracle' of neon for the first time and crowds 'just stared up at the lights, their happy faces illuminated in the glare'.
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@yaelrice.bsky.social and I co-authored this piece precisely to combat misguided work like this so people don't have to constantly rehearse the arguments about why it's specious. We laid it all out here for you!
hyperallergic.com/604897/how-s...
hyperallergic.com/604897/how-s...
April 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@yaelrice.bsky.social and I co-authored this piece precisely to combat misguided work like this so people don't have to constantly rehearse the arguments about why it's specious. We laid it all out here for you!
hyperallergic.com/604897/how-s...
hyperallergic.com/604897/how-s...
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A Girl's Folly (1917) offers a behind-the-scenes look at a 1910s movie studio
April 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A Girl's Folly (1917) offers a behind-the-scenes look at a 1910s movie studio
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My latest article arising from the STUDIOTEC project on the dangers of working in film studios. It's Open Access so read for free!
doi.org/10.1080/0143...
doi.org/10.1080/0143...
This Studio is Dangerous! Hazards of Working in British Film Studios in the 1930s and 1940s
This article examines the high number of fires in British film studios which occurred in the 1930s and 1940s. The reasons for studios’ vulnerability to fires, and other workplace accidents, are exa...
doi.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My latest article arising from the STUDIOTEC project on the dangers of working in film studios. It's Open Access so read for free!
doi.org/10.1080/0143...
doi.org/10.1080/0143...