RegionRealism and Tinsel
Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48
By Robert Murphy
- Price: $29.95
- Binding/Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 978-0-415-07684-5
- Publish Date: April 16th 1992
- Imprint: Routledge
- Pages: 296 pages
Series: Cinema and Society
Description
Looking at popular British film in the 1940s, Realism and Tinsel goes beyond the established histories of the Ealing Comedies to excavate a rich tradition of melodrama, morbid thrillers and costume pictures.