Scene-stealing : sources for British cinema before 1930 /
Burton, Alan,1962-editor.
Porter, Laraine,editor.
Bringing together essays examining the sources for British cinema prior to 1930, this book is part of an ongoing detailed investigation into the national cinema before the sound era. Includes examinations of film adaptations of literary works, case studies revealing the process of adaptation and an assessment of important figures such as scenario writers who specialised in the work of "translation".
"The Fifth British Silent Cinema Weekend, April 2002."--page 4.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction - The fifth British Silent Cinema Weekend, April 2002: Source for a gander: Looking at other media in relation to film - Adaptations, Realisations and Documents - Sources of visible delight: Towards a typology of early film adaption - The evolution of the story film in Britain, 1896-1909: Some observations - The sources of The secrets of nature : The popular science film at urban 1903-11 - Fidelity: or how to condense a 900 page novel into a ten inute film - early Dickens adaptions to 1913 - Devaluing the revolution: The only way up - The influence of the English music-hall, Dan Leno and Fred Karno on the film comedy of Stan Laurel - From film stories to film stars: the beginnings of the fan magazine in Britain 1911-16 - Naming an orphan: Exceeding his duty (1911): rediscovery of a lost Hepworth film in Germany - What made Victoria cross? - Enter the intellectuals: Eliot Stannard, Harold Weston and the discourse on cinema and art - Utopia, dystopia and eutopia between the wars: The king who was a King and High Treason - "'Cocktails', 'Post-war hysteria', and 'Decadence'": Noel Coward and British silent cinema - Hitch and strange - Index - Notes on contributors
Bringing together essays examining the sources for British cinema prior to 1930, this book is part of an ongoing detailed investigation into the national cinema before the sound era. Includes examinations of film adaptations of literary works, case studies revealing the process of adaptation and an assessment of important figures such as scenario writers who specialised in the work of "translation".
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