Author: Scott PalmerPublisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
A Who's who of British Film Actors
Author: Scott PalmerPublisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
A Who's who of Australian and New Zealand Film Actors
Author: Scott PalmerPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810820906
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Performers are listed alphabetically, with year of birth and death, a brief character description, and list of films in chronological order.
British Cinema, Past and Present
Author: Justine AshbyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135125155
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
British Cinema: Past and Present responds to the commercial and critical success of British film in the 1990s. Providing a historical perspective to the contemporary resurgence of British cinema, this unique anthology brings together leading international scholars to investigate the rich diversity of British film production, from the early sound period of the 1930s to the present day. The contributors address: * British Cinema Studies and the concept of national cinema * the distribution and reception of British films in the US and Europe * key genres, movements and cycles of British cinema in the 1940s, 50s and 60s * questions of authorship and agency, with case studies of individual studios, stars, producers and directors * trends in British cinema, from propaganda films of the Second World War to the New Wave and the 'Swinging London' films of the Sixties * the representation of marginalised communities in films such as Trainspotting and The Full Monty * the evolution of social realism from Saturday Night, Sunday Morning to Nil By Mouth * changing approaches to Northern Ireland and the Troubles in films like The Long Good Friday and Alan Clarke's Elephant * contemporary 'art' and 'quality' cinema, from heritage drama to the work of Peter Greenaway, Derek Jarman, Terence Davies and Patrick Keiller.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Movie Character Actors
Author: David QuinlanPublisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
British Film Character Actors
Author: Terence PettigrewThe Illustrated Who's who in British Films
Author: Denis GiffordPublisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Halliwell's Who's who in the Movies
Author: British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987
Author: Scott PalmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
There are nearly 5,000 performers listed here, along with a quarter of a million film titles. The book is divided into two parts; the sound era, which has most of the entries, and the silent era, with about 700 names. Actors listed in this second section made no appearances after 1928. Actors whose careers spanned both talking films (which began in Britain in 1929) and silents are listed in the larger first section. Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Australian, Canadian, South African, and other British Commonwealth performers are included; British-born actors whose films were made outside the United Kingdom (as in Hollywood) and those born in foreign countries who filmed in Britain are also included. Birth and death dates are given when they could be traced. A brief character description is followed by the list of films, in chronological order. Original film titles and the year they were completed are also included.
History of British Film (Volume 4)
Author: Rachael LowPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113620640X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
This set is one of the cornerstones of film scholarship, and one of the most important works on twentieth century British culture. Published between 1948 and 1985, the volumes document all aspects of film making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to 1939. Rachael Low pioneered the interpretation of films in their context, arguing that to understand films it was necessary to establish their context. Her seven volumes are an object lesson in meticulous research, lucid analysis and accessible style, and have become the benchmark in film history.
Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down
Author: Robert SellersPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409049914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Alan Bates, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, Robert Shaw and Terence Stamp: They are the most formidable acting generation ever to tread the boards or stare into a camera, whose anti-establishment attitude changed the cultural landscape of Britain. This was a new breed, many culled from the working class industrial towns of Britain, and nothing like them has been seen before or since. Their raw earthy brilliance brought realism to a whole range of groundbreaking theatre from John Osborne's Look Back in Anger to Joan Littlewood and Harold Pinter and the creation of the National Theatre. And they ripped apart the staid, middle-class British film industry with kitchen-sink classics like Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, This Sporting Life, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, A Kind of Loving and Billy Liar before turning their sights on international stardom: Connery with James Bond, O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia, Finney with Tom Jones and Caine in Zulu. Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down brings alive the trail-blazing period of theatre and film from 1956-1964 through the vibrant energy and exploits of this revolutionary generation of stars who bulldozed over austerity Britain and paved the way for the swinging 60s. What Peter Biskind's Easy Riders Raging Bulls did for American cinema writing so Don't Let the Bastards will do for the British cinema.