Charles Allen Oakley

Where we Came In

Seventy Years of the British Film Industry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1964, this book tells the history of the British cinematograph industry for the first time, from years in which British films won the highest international awards to those when they were dismissed with scorn. The focus is on the directors and those who strove to gain a worthy place for British films in the world market.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781138987104
• ISBN-10: 1138987107
• Artikelnr.: 44733141

Autorenporträt

Charles Allen Oakley

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Tough 'Un. The Sequence of Events 1. The Inventors 2. A
Showman's Industry 3. The People's Storyteller 4. Hepworth, Barker and Jupp
5. Europe Goes to the War and Hollywood Goes to the Pictures 6. The Black
November of 1924 7. Getting to Grips with Hollywood 8. Breaking Out From
Isolation 9. The Last of the Silent Years 10. The First of the 'Talkies'
11. The Second Phase in the 'Thirties 12. Speculative Financing 13. The End
of the Party: The Late 'Thirties 14. Europe at War Again: America Neutral
15. The Last of the War Years 16. Melodramas, Tough and Tearful 17. Much
Less than was Hoped For 18. Swept Aside in the Flood 19. The Year when
Everything Went Wrong 20. On the Wrong Side of Fifty 21. Losing the Cinema
Heart 22. The Uncertain Future