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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811392003321

Autore

Ryall Tom

Titolo

Alfred Hitchcock and the British cinema [[electronic resource] ] : with a new introduction / / Tom Ryall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J., : Athlone, 1996

ISBN

1-282-01277-0

9786612012778

0-567-53416-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RyallTom

Disciplina

791.430233092

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed of: Alfred Hitchcock & the British cinema. 1986.

Nota di bibliografia

Filmography: p. 185-186.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-[188]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction 1996; 1. Introduction - Hitchcock and Criticism; 2. British Film Culture in the Interwar Period; 3. The British Film Industry in the Interwar Years; 4. A British Cinema? The British Entertainment Film of the 1930s; 5. Hitchcock and the British Cinema; 6. Hitchcock and Genre: The Classic Thriller Sextet'; 7. Hitchcock and Classical Cinema 141; 8. Conclusion - Hitchcock's British Films; Filmography; Select Bibliography; Additional Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1986, this standard account of Hitchcock's British films and film-making is now available again in a Second Edition with a new Introduction and Bibliography. It will be welcomed by all students of the film and admirers of Hitchcock.