A group of film historians chart a map of 1930s British cinema. They reassess the films, stars, genres, and directors omitted from accounts of the decade, and they evaluate its forgotten and recently discovered films. The book includes assessments of the British shocker and the British musical, popular 1930s genres, and views of cinema and national identity.
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A group of film historians chart a map of 1930s British cinema. They reassess the films, stars, genres, and directors omitted from accounts of the decade, and they evaluate its forgotten and recently discovered films. The book includes assessments of the British shocker and the British musical, popular 1930s genres, and views of cinema and national identity.
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THE 1938 Cinematograph Films Act signalled the end of a decade of achievement for the British film industry. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
melodramatic emotionality, quota films, quota quickies, quota purposes, cinema set, film popularity, musical films, quota regulations, spy films, film distributors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Michael Balcon, Herbert Wilcox, Alexander Korda, Films Act, Victor Saville, Conrad Veidt, Jack Buchanan, Gracie Fields, London Films, Maria Marten, Jack Hulbert, Julius Hagen, Tod Slaughter, Walter Forde, Jessie Matthews, George King, Maurice Elvey, The Lambeth Walk, Film Weekly, Jeffrey Richards, Kine Weekly, Rachael Low, Sweeney Todd, Anna Neagle, British Lion New!
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THE 1938 Cinematograph Films Act signalled the end of a decade of achievement for the British film industry. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
melodramatic emotionality, quota films, quota quickies, quota purposes, cinema set, film popularity, musical films, quota regulations, spy films, film distributors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Michael Balcon, Herbert Wilcox, Alexander Korda, Films Act, Victor Saville, Conrad Veidt, Jack Buchanan, Gracie Fields, London Films, Maria Marten, Jack Hulbert, Julius Hagen, Tod Slaughter, Walter Forde, Jessie Matthews, George King, Maurice Elvey, The Lambeth Walk, Film Weekly, Jeffrey Richards, Kine Weekly, Rachael Low, Sweeney Todd, Anna Neagle, British Lion New!
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- Prater Violet by Christopher Isherwood on 5 pages
- Picturing the Past by Sue Harper on 4 pages
- Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood on 4 pages
- A Life in Movies: An Autobiography by Michael Powell in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Bulldog Drummond by Henry Cyril McNeile on page 90, page 91, and Back Matter
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