{"product_id":"the-routledge-companion-to-british-cinema-history-9780415706193","title":"The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver 39 chapters \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to British Cinema History \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a comprehensive and revisionist overview of British cinema as, on the one hand, a commercial entertainment industry and, on the other, a series of institutions centred on economics, funding and relations to government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhereas most histories of British cinema focus on directors, stars, genres and themes, this \u003ci\u003eCompanion \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the forces enabling and constraining the filmsâ production, distribution, exhibition, and reception contexts from the late nineteenth century to the present day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors provide a wealth of empirical and archive-based scholarship that draws on insider perspectives of key film institutions and illuminates aspects of British film culture that have been neglected or marginalized, such as the watch committee system, the Eady Levy, the rise of the multiplex and film festivals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also places emphasis on areas where scholarship has either been especi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI.Q. Hunter, Laraine Porter and Justin Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART ONE - BRTISH SILENT CINEMA TO THE COMING OF SOUND: 1895 - 1930\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The origins of British cinema, 1895 – 1918 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBryony Dixon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 \"Temporary American citizens\": British cinema in the 1920s \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaraine Porter \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 \"King of cameramen\": Jack Cox and British cinematography in the silent era \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKelly Robinson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Designing the silent British film \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurie N. Ede \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Stardom in silent cinema \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian Garvey \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 The view from the pit: British silent cinema and the coming of sound \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil Brand \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The talkies come to Britain: British silent cinema and the transition to sound, 1928 - 1930 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaraine Porter \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 The Tudor Cinema, Leicester: a local case study \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuy Barefoot \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 The rise of the Film Society movement \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard MacDonald \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART TWO - The classic period: 1930 - 1980\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Make-believe and realism in British film production: from the coming of sound to the abolition of the National Film Finance Corporation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Drazin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Local film censorship: the watch committee system \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Rock \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Producers and moguls in the British film industry, 1930-1980 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Spicer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Émigrés in classic British cinema \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Moor \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 \"Out of the frying pan, into the fire\": British documentary, 1945 - 1952 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Foxon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 \"Above and beyond everyday life\": the rise and fall of Rank’s contract artists of the 1950s \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Chibnall \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 \"A friend to every exhibitor\": National Screen Service and the British trailer industry \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith M. Johnston \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 The Eady Levy, \"the envy of most other European nations\": runaway productions and the British Film Fund in the Early 1960s \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Fenwick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 The Children’s Film Foundation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Roberts \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 \"As long as indifferent sexy films are box office they will abound!!\": The Jacey cinema chain and independent distribution and exhibition in 1960s Britain \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian Smith \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 Cinema and the age of television, 1950-1970 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSian Barber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 The BBFC and the apparatus of censorship \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Brett \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 The British Film Institute: between culture and industry \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Paterson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 Trades unions and the British film industry, 1930s–1980s \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIain Reid \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 The public film archives and the evolving challenge of screen heritage preservation in the UK \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Patterson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 Good of its kind? British film journalism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheldon Hall \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART THREE - Contemporary British Cinema: 1980 to the present \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e26 Cult films in British cinema and film culture \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Egan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27 The Scala Cinema: a case study \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Giles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28 Underground filmmaking: British Super 8 in the 1980s \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJo Comino\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29 The rise of the multiplex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart Hanson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30 Rewind, playback: re-viewing the \"video boom\" in Britain \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnny Walker \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31 The rise and fall of practically everyone? The independent British film production sector from the 1980s to the present \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Leggott \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32 From Film Four to the Film Council: film policy, subsidy and sponsorship, and the relationship between cinema and TV, 1980-2010 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Cateridge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33 The architects of BBC Films \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Woods \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34 The UKFC and the Regional Screen Agencies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Newsinger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35 Hollywood blockbusters and UK production today \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Russell \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36 Distributing British cinema \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Knight \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37 Memories of British cinema \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Jones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38 From Lerwick to Leicester Square: UK film festivals and why they matter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Smyth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39 Crowdfunding independence: British cinema and digital production\/distribution platforms \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBethan Jones and Bertha Chin \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577329094999,"sku":"9780415706193","price":209.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-routledge-companion-to-british-cinema-history-9780415706193","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}