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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Steve Chibnall (De Montfort University, UK) , Brian McFarlanePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: BFI Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.517kg ISBN: 9781844573196ISBN 10: 1844573192 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 23 October 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsCONTENTS.- Acknowledgements.- Foreword by Rona Anderson.- Preface.- 1. Big Ships and Little Ships: The Bs at War.- 2. 'What's on with it?' The Rise and Fall of the Bs.- 3. The 'B' Factories: Companies, Studios and Producers.- 4. Behind the Scenes.- 5. On the Screens.- 6. The Men from the Yard.- 7. Britain in the Bs.- 8. The Best of the Bs.- Appendix.- Revolving Bs: Second Features on the Gaumont British, Odeon and Rank Circuits.ReviewsBoth an invocation and a loving catalogue, the book is rich in detail drawn from the history of the Bs before changing taste, alterations in the law and the irresistible rise of television rendered the species extinct. - Times Literary Supplement Both an invocation and a loving catalogue, the book is rich in detail drawn from the history of the Bs before changing taste, alterations in the law and the irresistible rise of television rendered the species extinct. -- Times Literary Supplement Author InformationSTEPHEN CHIBNALL is Professor of British Cinema at De Montfort University, UK. BRIAN MACFARLANE is Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and Visiting Professor, University of Hull, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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