204 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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British Cinema in Documents presents an introduction to the key concerns and debates in British cinema through documents, ranging from official papers to fan magazines. Sarah Street shows how such documentary material can enrich our understanding of cinema's place in national culture and shed new light on defining moments in British cinema history. Street draws together a wide range of material,... Read more
List of Plates and Documents Acknowledgements 1. The Texts and Methods of Film Histor(ies) 2. Celluloid Diplomacy: British Film and Official Policy 3. 'What a difference a war makes!': Love On the Dole (1941) and British Film Censorship 4. Filippo Del Giudice, Chance of a Lifetime (1950) and British Cinema in the 1940s 5. Document of Fandom: Margaret Lockwood and Ewan McGregor 6. The British Cinema Audience Conclusion Appendix: Major sources for the study of British Cinema Notes Bibliography
Biography
Sarah Street is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama: Theatre, Film and Television at the University of Bristol. She is the author of British National Cinema (Routledge 1997).
