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Distorted images : British national identity and film in the 1920s / Kenton Bamford.

Title: Distorted images : British national identity and film in the 1920s / Kenton Bamford.
Author: Bamford, Kenton.
Publication: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 1999.

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227 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"During the 1920s, the slogan 'British is Best' was a regular rallying call to British film producers and audiences. Distorted Images illuminates this period, when British film-makers first had the opportunity to secure an audience for their films but failed. Using contemporary sources, it tells the story of British cinema in the 1920s, showing how the British film industry invoked patriotism, xenophobia, government intervention and cultural and social supremacy in order to save itself. Moviegoers inevitably ignored the propaganda and chose instead to spend the cost of admission on American films. Why they did so is the central focus of Distorted images."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Cinema and society series

Uniform Title

Cinema and society.

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History

Bibliography (note)

Filmography: p. [215]-219.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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committed to retain

ISBN

1860863582
1860643582

OCLC

40996404

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Harvard Library