{"product_id":"cecil-hepworth-and-the-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-18991911-exeter-studies-in-film-history-9780859898904","title":"Cecil Hepworth and the Rise of the British Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers an industrial, economic and aesthetic history of the early years of the British film industry from 1899-1911, through a case study of one of the most celebrated pioneer film makers, Cecil Hepworth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Rich with historical context, Brown’s book builds on the foundations laid down by the likes of John Barnes and Rachel Low, and more recent elucidations by scholars such as Luke McKernan (whose recent book, also published in the consistently excellent \u003cem\u003eExeter Studies in Film History \u003c\/em\u003eseries, did for Charles Urban and co. what Browns does here for Hepworth).\u003cbr\u003e  ‘From the very first page it offers a vital addendum to our knowledge of the early years of British cinema.\u003cbr\u003e  ‘Brown not only enhances our understanding of this particular film-maker, but of British film history more generally.’\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Morgan\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e  Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television March 2017\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘… painstaking scholarship… a book that significantly revises our understanding of one national production context’\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eJoe Kember\u003c\/strong\u003e, viewfinder, No 104 September 2016\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Lucid and well-informed, the argument posed is a stimulating one. I, for one, look forward to reading it.’ (\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Stephen Neale\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Exeter)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Well-written and original, it opens up the subject in a thoroughly new way.  This will be an important book.’ (\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Richard Maltby\u003c\/strong\u003e, Flinders University)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations and Tables     \u003c\/em\u003e                                                                        \u003cbr\u003e Film Production and the Hepworth Manufacturing Company Ltd (HMC)\u003cbr\u003e Hepworth, Film Sales and the Rise of the Renter   \u003cbr\u003e The HMC, the Rental Sector and Market Strategies           \u003cbr\u003e HMC and Patterns of Exhibition                                                       \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Producers’ Response to the Crisis                                    \u003cbr\u003e Appendix One: Filmography of Hepworth and Co and the HMC 1899–1911   \u003cbr\u003e Appendix Two: HMC Titles Listed in ‘Around the Shows’ Released 1 October 1908–31 August 1909      \u003cbr\u003e Appendix Three: List of London Based Rental Firms (1905–1911) and Foreign Film Sales Representatives (1907–1911)\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eIndex   \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884813758807,"sku":"9780859898904","price":71.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cecil-hepworth-and-the-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-18991911-exeter-studies-in-film-history-9780859898904","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}