Charles Drazin's acclaimed book, now available in paperback with a new Preface, is the fresh and brilliant chronicle for general readers and scholars alike of the British cinema's seminal 1940s, when many bold and enduring classics of world cinema were made, including Brief Encounter, The Red Shoes and The Third Man. Drazin traces British cinema's fortunes through the characters and aspirations of some of its leading personalities, including Carol Reed, David Lean, Michael Balcon and Humphrey Jennings. He also introduces readers to some lesser known, equally significant figures, like Robert Hamer, the maverick director of Kind Hearts and Coronets, and Filippo Del Giudice, flamboyant Italian genius.
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"[I]ndispensably informative ...provides detailed documentation of what may have been the greatest decade in this country's movie-making.”--Daily Telegraph Book of the Year
"Genuinely quixotic enterprise, being both mad and lovably heroic at the same time…fascinating stories, all of them, narrated with wit, generosity and erudition.”--Jonathan Coe, The Guardian
"Genuinely quixotic enterprise, being both mad and lovably heroic at the same time…fascinating stories, all of them, narrated with wit, generosity and erudition.”--Jonathan Coe, The Guardian
"[An] expert overview…via a series of well-considered biographies of the industry’s most influential producers and directors…A brisk, well-informed and diligently researched collection of essays, this really helps to fill in several important gaps in this key period in British cinema." – Howard Maxford, Film Review
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Charles Drazin is Lecturer in Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London.
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The Finest Years, Rank Organisation, Two Cities, Film Unit, John Davis, Ealing Studios, Humphrey Jennings, Carol Reed, Anna Neagle, Western Approaches, Harry Watt, Sydney Box, Filippo Del Giudice, Robert Hamer, Michael Balcon, Angus Macphail, Joe Mendoza, Diana Morgan, Arthur Rank, Pat Jackson, Jack Beddington, The Way, Films Division, British Lion, Brenda Danischewsky Browse Sample Pages:
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