William Haggar
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My book, "William Haggar, fairground film-maker" is a biography of my great-grandfather, a pioneer silent film-maker who made films to show to his own audiences on the fairgrounds of South Wales between 1901 and 1914. The book contains, in 216 pages,:
- as a prelude, "This film was a sensation 28 years ago", a review of Haggar's 1914 50-minute film, "The Maid of Cefn Ydfa" published in the "South Wales Echo" in 1938;
- ten chapters of narration, including background on portable theatres in the late nineteenth century, the early cinema and the fairground, and Haggar's films;
- eight appendices including a filmography, synopses of lost films, a scene-by-scene analysis of "The Maid of Cefn Ydfa", and newspaper articles from the time quoted in full;
- notes, indices, a family tree, a list of extant films, and 48 illustrations, including 24 frame enlargements from Haggar's films. (Peter Yorke)
- as a prelude, "This film was a sensation 28 years ago", a review of Haggar's 1914 50-minute film, "The Maid of Cefn Ydfa" published in the "South Wales Echo" in 1938;
- ten chapters of narration, including background on portable theatres in the late nineteenth century, the early cinema and the fairground, and Haggar's films;
- eight appendices including a filmography, synopses of lost films, a scene-by-scene analysis of "The Maid of Cefn Ydfa", and newspaper articles from the time quoted in full;
- notes, indices, a family tree, a list of extant films, and 48 illustrations, including 24 frame enlargements from Haggar's films. (Peter Yorke)
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