Publications
Hove Pioneers and the Arrival of Cinema, by John Barnes, Ine van Dooren, Frank Gray and Martin Sopocy, published September 1996 (pamphlet, 60 pp., University of Brighton, ISBN-10: 1871966493 & ISBN-13: 9781871966497) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15355] & The Keep [LIB/503849] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:This book marks the arrival of projected film in commercial spaces in Britain in 1896, and is the first publication to be devoted to the pioneer film-makers George Albert Smith and James Williamson. They both lived and worked in Hove and the Brighton area - it was here that they built their film studios and made some of the most important films in the early history of cinema.
Cinema West Sussex: The First Hundred Years, by Allen Eyles, Frank Gray and A. E. Readman, published 22 November 1996 (xvi + 240 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 1860770355 & ISBN-13: 9781860770357) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13342] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The South Coast was popular with early film-makers and the county had links with many. Their work is highlighted and that of the film studio at Shoreham, which produced a string of successful feature films. This book also provides a rare insight into the world of amateur cinematography with the remarkable story of the nationally-acclaimed Bognor Regis Film Society. The authors trace the travelling showmen who brought moving pictures to public halls and fairgrounds and describe in detail the history of all 62 cinemas that have operated in West Sussex.
Our Navy and patriotic entertainment in Brighton at the start of the Boer War, by Frank Gray, published 2008 in Early Cinema and the "National" (edited by Richard Abel, Giorgio Bertellini and Rob King, pp.79-89, John Libbey publishing, ISBN-10: 0861966899 & ISBN-13: 9780861966899)