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

• Autore: Harper Sue
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (436 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43094109045
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PorterVincent
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: British Cinema of the 1950s
• ISBN: 1-281-34645-4; 0-19-154164-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453070103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II