Realism and Tinsel
Subtitle: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780203392652
Subjects: Motion pictures; Great Britain; History
Description: Looking at popular British film in the 1940s, Realism and Tinsel goes beyond the established histories of the Ealing Comedies to excavate a rich tradition of melodrama, morbid thrillers and costume pictures.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Britain Alone; 2 War Culture; 3 Realism and Tinsel; 4 The Rank Empire; 5 Great Expectations; 6 Passionate Friends?; 7 Exotic Dreams; 8 The Spiv Cycle; 9 Morbid Burrowings; 10 Nothing to Laugh at at All; 11 Challenge to Hollywood; Conclusion; Chronology: Cinema and Society in the Forties; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Film Titles; General Index.