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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816848003321

Autore

Chibnall Steve

Titolo

The British "B" film / / Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-83871-863-X

1-84457-574-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

791.433

Soggetti

B films - Great Britain - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Big Ships and Little Ships -- 2 'What's on with it?' -- 3 The 'B' Factories -- 4 Behind the Scenes -- 5 On the Screen -- 6 The Men from the Yard -- 7 Britain in the Bs -- 8 The Best of the Bs -- Appendix: Revolving Bs -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This is the first book to provide a thorough examination of the British 'B' movie, from the war years to the 1960s.  The authors draw on archival research, contemporary trade papers and interviews with key 'B' filmmakers to map the 'B' movie phenomenon both as artefact and as industry product, and as a reflection on their times"--Provided by publisher.