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Guide to British Cinema
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Geoff Mayer
Book Code: GR0307
ISBN: 0-313-30307-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30307-4
464 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/2003
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Awards:
  • Selected Reference Books 2003-2004 College & Research Libraries
Reviews:
  • [U]seful as an introduction to the country's film history. A handy encyclopedic companion to the numerous narrative histories of British cinema.... Highly recommended for all film collections.
    —Library Journal     October 1, 2003
  • Mayer's addition to Greenwood's "Reference Guides to the World's Cinema" series is a subjective guide to British cinema, 1929-2000. It focuses on the best films, award winners, and on films that were socially or politically significant at the time of their release..... Recommended. Undergraduate and graduate collections on cinema studies.
    —Choice     January 2004
  • [A] useful reference tool and recommended for film collections.
    —College & Research Libraries     September 2004
Description: Scholarly and popular interest in British cinema has never been stronger, with films ranging from the Merchant/Ivory pictures through Notting Hill finding both critical and commercial success in America. As such, The Guide to British Cinema represents an invaluable guide to the nation's cinematic output, including entries on major British actors, directors, and films from 1929 through the present day. The volume also highlights both major cycles such as the Gainsborough melodrama, the Ealing comedy, and the British new wave; as well as less well-defined cycles including the vein of dark melodramas that characterized the British cinema from 1945 to 1950. Such figures as Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, and Dirk Bogarde are covered in detail, as well as Christopher Lee, Roy Ward Baker, Ray Winstone, and other long-serving but less well-known artists. The Guide pays close attention to films including The Third Man and Brief Encounter as well as genre pieces such as Brighton Rock. In all, the volume represents the first full-length examination of its subject, providing an irreplaceable resource for both film scholars and historians of British culture.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • British Films, Actors, and Directors
  • Appendix: List of Films, Actors, and Directors
  • Selected Bibliography
  • General Index
LC Card Number: 2002075325
LCC Class: PN1993
Dewey Class: 791
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