British national cinema
By: Sarah Street.
Series: National cinema series; National cinemas series.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- History.; Motion picture industry -- Great Britain -- History.
Description: Traces the development of the British film industry, from the Lumiere brothers' first screening in London in 1896, through to the dominance of Hollywood and the severe financial crises which affected Goldcrest, Handmade Films and Palace Pictures in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-216) and indexes.