Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 374 pages [17] pages of plates)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
0857710176
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1441679472
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1848851227
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9781441679475
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9781848851221
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9780857710178
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9780755697823
Series Statement:
Cinema and society series
Content:
Going to the pictures -- The dream merchants -- 'The devil's camera' -- 'Our movie-made children' -- The aims and principles of censorship -- Censorship in operation: domestic policy -- Censorship in operation: foreign policy -- Censorship in operation: imperial policy -- Stars -- Gracie Fields: consensus personified -- George Formby: The road from Wigan Pier -- Jessie Matthews: the dancing divinity -- The romantic adventurer: Robert Donat and Leslie Howard -- Putting Britain on the screen -- Visions of the past--messages for the present -- Images of peace and war -- Class and consensus: lower down -- Class and consensus: higher up.
Content:
The period between the two world wars is often named 'the golden age of the cinema' in Britain. This definitive and entertaining book on the cinema and cinema-goers of the era is herewith reissued with a new Introduction. Jeffrey Richards, described by Philip French as 'a shrewd critic, a compulsive moviegoer, and a professional historian', tells the absorbing story of the cinema during the decade that produced Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, the musicals of Jessie Matthews and Alexander Korda's epics. He examines the role of going to the pictures in people's lives during a tough period when, in
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848851221
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Richards, Jeffrey Age of the dream palace London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, ©2010 ISBN 9781848851221
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780755697823
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