Guide to British Cinema (Reference Guides to the World's Cinema)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: June 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780313303074
Subjects: Films, cinema; Reference works; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Communication; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Film / General; Film & Video - Guides & Reviews; Great Britain; History; Motion pictures
First sentence: ABOVE US THE WAVES (Rank, 1955)War.
Description: "This book is a guide to Britain's cinematic output, including entries on major British actors, directors, and films from 1929 through the present day. The volume also highlights major cycles such as Gainsborough melodrama, the Ealing comedy, and the British new wave, as well as less-clearly defined cycles, including the vein of dark melodramas that characterized the British cinema from 1945 to 1950"--Jacket.