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The unknown 1930s : an alternative history of the British cinema, 1929-39
- Title
- The unknown 1930s : an alternative history of the British cinema, 1929-39 / edited by Jeffrey Richards.
- Publication
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN1993.5.G7 U54 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Richards, Jeffrey.
- Description
- xi, 276 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- A group of leading British film historians reassess the films, stars, genres and directors usually omitted from accounts of 1930s British cinema, including how MGM dealt with the dictates of the Films Act and a view of audiences during this period.
- Series Statement
- Cinema and society series
- Uniform Title
- Cinema and society
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and indexes.
- Contents
- Cinema-going preference in Britain in the 1930s / John Sedgwick -- Julius Hagen and Twickenham Film Studios / Linda Wood -- Hollywood and Britain : MGM and the British 'quota' legislation / H. Mark Glancy -- Celluloid shockers / james Chapman -- Calling all stars : musical films in a musical decade / Stephen Guy -- 'Thinking forward and up' : the British films of Conrad Veidt / Sue Harper -- Tod Slaughter and the cinema of excess / Jeffrey Richards -- Jack of all trades : Robert Stevenson / Brian McFarlane -- Money for speed : the British films of Bernard Vorhaus / Geoff Brown -- Berthold Viertel at Gaumont-British / Kevin Gough-Yates -- Loose ends, hidden gems and the moment of 'melodramatic emotionality' / Tony Aldgate.
- ISBN
- 1860643035
- 9781860643033
- 186064628X
- 9781860646287
- LCCN
- 98179337
- OCLC
- ocm39150676
- 39150676
- SCSB-740311
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library