The British 'B' Film

Author:   Steve Chibnall (De Montfort University, UK) ,  Brian McFarlane
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9781844573196


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   23 October 2009
Format:   Paperback
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The British 'B' Film


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Author:   Steve Chibnall (De Montfort University, UK) ,  Brian McFarlane
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   BFI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9781844573196


ISBN 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   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS.- 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.

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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


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 Information

STEPHEN 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.

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