1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453070103321

Autore

Harper Sue

Titolo

British Cinema of the 1950s [[electronic resource] ] : The Decline of Deference

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2007

ISBN

1-281-34645-4

0-19-154164-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PorterVincent

Disciplina

791.43094109045

Soggetti

Motion picture industry

Motion picture studios

Motion pictures

Motion pictures - History - 20th century - Great Britain

Motion picture industry - History - 20th century - Great Britain

Film

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables; List of Plates; Introduction; 1. The Politics of Production Finance; 2. The Rank Organisation; 3. Ealing Studios; 4. The Associated British Picture Corporation; 5. British Lion; 6. American-British Productions; 7. Hammer Films; 8. Independent Producers; 9. Outsiders and Mavericks; 10. Visual Style; 11. Censorship; 12. The Cinema Audience Responds; Conclusion; Notes; Filmography; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this definitive and long-awaited history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and Vincent Porter draw extensively on previously unknown archive material to chart the growing rejection of post-war deference by both film-makers and cinema audiences. Harper and Porter explore the effects of social, cultural, and economic change on the 1950s film industry in Britain, looking in particular at the impact of the rise of television, successive changes in government policy, and the. collapse



of the studio system. - ;In this definitive and long-awaited history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and V