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The Secret Life of Ealing Studios

Author : Robert Sellers
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1781314837
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Ealing Studios written by Robert Sellers and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes account of life at Ealing Studios – one of the great cinematic success stories of post-war Britain, and a byword for a particular strain of comic filmmaking that continues to inspire imitators over half a century on. This will be the first full narrative history of the studio, focusing on its output in the 1940s and '50s, when the movies made there were in astonishing (and revealing) synchronicity with the national mood. Told through the memories of the people who worked and performed there, The Secret Life of Ealing Studios will explore how a small group of maverick filmmakers, some of Britain’s most fondly remembered movie stars, and a lot of unsung backroom boys and girls created pictures that presented a unique and enduring view of British identity, and which have since become classics. Particular emphasis will be placed on the filming of Hue and Cry (1947), Passport to Pimlico (1949), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Whisky Galore (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951) and The Ladykillers (1955), along with war films such as The Cruel Sea (1953). At the heart of the story will be the figure of Michael Balcon - perhaps the closest Britain has ever come to producing a movie mogul in the Hollywood mould - and iconic actors such as Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness, Margaret Rutherford and Sid James. The author is one of Britain's leading entertainment biographers and has a number of successful and critically lauded titles under his belt (his recent book on Oliver Reed, What Fresh Lunacy Is This?, was selected for Books of the Year round-ups in both the Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday). Robert has a track record of securing original testimony from first-hand witnesses and has already begun interviewing people who worked at Ealing.

Ealing Studios

Author : Charles Barr
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520215542
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Ealing Studios written by Charles Barr and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of British filmmaking

The Film Studio

Author : Ben Goldsmith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742536814
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The Film Studio written by Ben Goldsmith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Film Studio sheds new light on the evolution of global film production, highlighting the role of film studios worldwide. The authors explore the contemporary international production environment, identifying various types of film studios and investigating the consequences for Hollywood, international film production, and the studio locations. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Studying Ealing Studios

Author : Stephanie Muir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906733315
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Studying Ealing Studios written by Stephanie Muir and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studying Ealing Studios explores the rich history of one of the best loved and best known institutions of British cinema.

Ealing Revisited

Author : Mark Duguid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838715452
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Ealing Revisited written by Mark Duguid and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ealing Revisited provides a major reappraisal of one of British cinema's best-loved institutions, Ealing Studios. During its heyday, Ealing produced a string of classic comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and The Ladykillers (1955), but there is much more to Ealing than these films, as this volume of new writing on the studio shows. Addressing both known and less familiar aspects of Ealing's story, its films, actors and technicians, the contributors uncover what has gone unexplored, or unspoken, in previous histories of the studio, and consider the impact that Ealing has had on British cultural life from the 1930s to the present. Listed in the Independent on Sunday's Cinema books of 2012 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/ios-books-of-the-year-2012-cinema-8373713.html

Forever Ealing

Author : George Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Forever Ealing written by George Perry and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Living with Strangers

Author : Chiara Briganti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000182029
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Living with Strangers written by Chiara Briganti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living with Strangers examines the history and cultural representation of bed-sitting rooms and boarding houses in England from the early twentieth century to the present. Providing a historical overview, the authors explore how these alternative domestic spaces came to provide shelter for a diverse demographic of working women and men, retired army officers, gay people, students, bohemians, writers, artists, performers, migrants and asylum seekers, as well as shady figures and criminals. Drawing on historical records, case studies, and examples from literature, art, and film, the book examines how the prevalence and significance of bedsits and boarding houses in novels, plays, detective stories, Ealing comedies, and contemporary fiction and film produced its own genre of narrative. The nine chapters are written by an international range of established and emerging scholars in the fields of literary studies, art and film history, political theory, queer studies and cultural studies. A lively, highly original study, Living with Strangers makes a significant contribution to the cross-disciplinary field of home studies and provides insight into a crucial aspect of British cultural history. It is essential reading for students and researchers in anthropology, history, literary studies, sociology, gender and sexuality studies, film studies and cultural studies.

The Metropolitan Police and the British Film Industry, 1919-1956

Author : Alex Rock
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350295094
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Metropolitan Police and the British Film Industry, 1919-1956 written by Alex Rock and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book investigates the murky relationship between the Metropolitan Police Press Bureau and the British film industry, shedding new light on police-media relations. Beginning with the culture of suppression during the interwar period, when retired police inspectors were threatened with loss of pension should they become involved with the film industry, the relationship shifted when a forgotten pioneer of public relations, Percy Fearnley, was appointed to the role of Metropolitan Police Public Information Officer in 1945. Fearnley was the first-ever journalist to take up this role and, through him, the Metropolitan Police embarked on a series of collaborations with the highest echelons of postwar British cinema, including J. Arthur Rank, Ealing Studios and Gainsborough Studios. Using newly-declassified internal Metropolitan Police and Home Office correspondence, Alexander Charles Rock tells the story of the Metropolitan Police's project to manipulate the British film industry into producing propaganda under the guise of mainstream entertainment cinema. In doing so he offers a radical re-reading of the context of production of a number of canonical British films such as The Blue Lamp (1950), I Believe In You (1952) and Street Corner (1953).

The Screenwriter in British Cinema

Author : Jill Nelmes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839020482
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Screenwriter in British Cinema written by Jill Nelmes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though screenwriting is an essential part of the film production process, in Britain it is yet to be fully recognised as a form in itself. In this original study, Jill Nelmes brings the art of screenwriting into sharp focus, foregrounding the role of the screenwriter in British cinema from the 1930s to the present day. Drawing on otherwise unseen drafts of screenplays, correspondence and related material held in the Special Collections of the BFI National Archive, Nelmes's close textual analysis of the screenplay in its many forms illuminates both the writing and the production process. With case studies of a diverse range of key writers – from individuals such as Muriel Box, Robert Bolt and Paul Laverty, to teams such as the Carry On writers – Nelmes exposes the depth and breadth of this thriving field.

Selling the Movie

Author : Ian Haydn Smith
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0711240248
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Selling the Movie written by Ian Haydn Smith and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As long as there have been movies, there have been posters selling films to audiences. Posters came into existence just decades before the inception of film, and as movies became a universal medium of entertainment, posters likewise became a ubiquitous form of advertising. At first, movie posters suggested a film's theme, from adventure and romance to thrills and spine-tingling horror. Then, with the ascendancy of the film star, posters began to sell icons and lifestyles, nowhere more so than in Hollywood. But every country producing films used posters to sell their product. Selling the Movie: The Art of the Film Poster charts the history of the movie poster from both a creative and a commercial perspective. It includes sections focusing on poster artists, the development of styles, the influence of politics and ideology, and how commerce played a role in the film poster's development. The book is richly illustrated with poster art from many countries and all eras of filmmaking. From creating the brand of Charlie Chaplin's tramp and marketing the elusive mystique of Greta Garbo, to the history of the blockbuster, the changing nature of graphic design by the decade, and the role of the poster in the digital age, Selling the Movie is an entertaining and enthralling journey through cinema, art, and the business of attracting audiences to the box office.

British Horror Film Locations

Author : Derek Pykett
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786451939
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book British Horror Film Locations written by Derek Pykett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a source for enthusiasts of British horror films, this guide reveals the shooting locations of more than 100 films released between 1932 and 2006, from The Abominable Doctor Phibes (1971) to Witchfinder General (1968). Each entry includes cast/crew credits, a brief plot synopsis, and a description of the film's in-studio or on-site shooting locations; many include modern day photographs of the sites. Separate chapters provide in-depth accounts of individual locations. For the studio locations, the writeups include a complete list of the films produced at each studio and a brief description of the studio's historical development. Accounts of the on-site locations feature an in-depth physical description of the location and any available information on its present purpose and ownership.

Men at Work

Author : Linsey Robb
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137527471
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Men at Work written by Linsey Robb and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men at Work explores the cultural portrayal of four essential wartime occupations: agriculture, industry, firefighting and the mercantile marine. In analysing a broad spectrum of wartime media (most notably film, radio and visual culture) it establishes a clear hierarchy of masculine roles in British culture during the Second World War.

The British film and television industries

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Communications
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780108459306
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book The British film and television industries written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Communications and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-01-24 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Film and Television Industries--Decline or Opportunity?, Volume II: Evidence

The Cinema Book

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838718699
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Cinema Book written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cinema Book is widely recognised as the ultimate guide to cinema. Authoritative and comprehensive, the third edition has been extensively revised, updated and expanded in response to developments in cinema and cinema studies. Lavishly illustrated in colour, this edition features a wealth of exciting new sections and in-depth case studies. Sections address Hollywood and other World cinema histories, key genres in both fiction and non-fiction film, issues such as stars, technology and authorship, and major theoretical approaches to understanding film.

Black Market Britain

Author : Mark Roodhouse
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191636886
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Black Market Britain written by Mark Roodhouse and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain's underground economy flourished during the 1940s and early 1950s thanks to rationing and price control, producers, traders, and professional criminals helped consumers to get a little extra on the side, from under the counter, or off the back of a lorry. Yet widespread evasion of regulations designed to ensure fair shares for all did not undermine the austerity policies that characterised these years and its vital role in securing compliance with economic regulation. In Black Market Britain, Mark Roodhouse argues that Britons showed self-restraint in their illegal dealings. The means, motives, and opportunities for evasion were not lacking. The shortages were real, regulations were not watertight, and enforcement was haphazard. Fairness, not patriotism and respect for the law, is the key to understanding this self-restraint. By invoking popular notions of a fair price, a fair profit, and a fair share, government rhetoric limited black marketeering as would-be evaders had to justify their offences both to themselves and others. Black Market Britain underlines the importance of fairness to those seeking a richer understanding of economic life in modern Britain.

The British Trauma Film

Author : Adam Plummer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book The British Trauma Film written by Adam Plummer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the historical influence of psychoanalysis on Hollywood cinema has received considerable attention, the same cannot be said for its influence on British cinema. This book examines the central position that psychoanalysis occupies in British cinema in the years immediately following the Second World War. Plummer uses a critical theory framework to understand the role that psychoanalysis plays in British culture at this time as an historical discourse, and in British cinema as a narrative, a cultural, and an ideological discourse. He defines these as arising within various areas of contemporary psychoanalytic thinking related to traumatic wartime experience, sexual difference, and the interplay between subjectivity and objectivity. He analyzes six British films of the period: The Halfway House, Dead of Night, The Seventh Veil, Madonna of the Seven Moons, They Made Me a Fugitive, and Mine Own Executioner and demonstrates how psychoanalysis operates within them as a narrative and formal structuring mechanism. He argues that this engagement enables these films to begin to address the emotional fallout of the war by creating safe representational spaces where contemporary audiences could engage with their own traumatic experiences. While The British Trauma Film defines psychoanalysis as providing a language for British cinema at this time to confront the effects of wartime trauma, it finds that it also operates within a normalizing ideological system designed to reproduce dominant pre-war relations of political, social, and sexual power. However, in this group of films, this system is often countered by subversive discursive forces that seem to be immanent to the films themselves.

Cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph

Author : Alan Burton
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748632522
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph written by Alan Burton and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-14 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical and critical assessment of the cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph, one of the most significant filmmaking teams that characterised British cinema in the postwar decades.