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Author : Scott Palmer
Release : 1981
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis A Who's who of British Film Actors by : Scott Palmer
Download or read book A Who's who of British Film Actors written by Scott Palmer. This book was released on 1981. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott Palmer
Release : 1988
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis A Who's who of Australian and New Zealand Film Actors by : Scott Palmer
Download or read book A Who's who of Australian and New Zealand Film Actors written by Scott Palmer. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performers are listed alphabetically, with year of birth and death, a brief character description, and list of films in chronological order.
Author : Justine Ashby
Release : 2013-05-13
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Synopsis British Cinema, Past and Present by : Justine Ashby
Download or read book British Cinema, Past and Present written by Justine Ashby. This book was released on 2013-05-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Scott Palmer
Release : 1988
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987 by : Scott Palmer
Download or read book British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987 written by Scott Palmer. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Terence Pettigrew
Release : 1982
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis British Film Character Actors by : Terence Pettigrew
Download or read book British Film Character Actors written by Terence Pettigrew. This book was released on 1982. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informed, highly readable account of 65 great British cinema character actors recalls such highlights of film history as Alec Guiness's obdurate commanding officer in The Bridge on the River Kwai, the chilling screen presence of Peter Cushing, and the hilarious bungling of Ian Carmichael in I'm All Right Jack.
