Cinema and Radio in Britain and America, 1920–60

Author:   Jeffrey Richards ,  Jeffrey Richards ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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Pages:   336
Publication Date:   15 April 2016
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Author:   Jeffrey Richards ,  Jeffrey Richards ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781784991104


ISBN 10:   1784991104
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   15 April 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction 1. Hollywood and radio: the creative nexus 2. British radio and cinema: the creative tension 3. Filming radio genres i) comedy 4. Filming radio genres ii) detective stories 5. Broadcasting films 6. The radio studio as performance space 7. War and politics 8. The multi-media Pimpernel 9. Tarzan of the airwaves 10. The many voices and faces of Sherlock Holmes Index -- .

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A wide-ranging, informative, engagingly written, comparative media history. J.E. Smyth, University of Warwick, Twentieth Century British History, vol 23, no 3, , 01/09/2012 -- J.E. Smyth. Twentieth Century British History, vol 23, no 3, This fascinating book looks at the parallel histories of cinema and radion on both sides of the Atalntic ... Lovingly researched, and illustrated with interviews with many of the creative talents involved , the book will be especially welcome to historians of cross-media interactions on both sides of the Atlantic ... I commend 'CInema and radio' as a significant contribution to our knowledge of 20th century media history. Laurence Raw, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 2012 -- Laurence Raw. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television It will be of particular interest to historians of cross-media fertilization on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as those media historians interested in the way in which American cultural products have penetrated foreign cultures. -- Laurence Raw. Journal of American Culture 35.4


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Jeffrey Richards is Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University

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