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This is the only sustained critical study of Asquith It covers a range of contextual material on British cinema in various stages of its history - the silent era, the 1930s, the war and post-war period Asquith made a significant contribution to wartime British cinema, and was responsible for the definitive adaptation of Oscar Wilde - The Importance of Being Earnest (1951) The book deals with a number of issues in Film Studies, art versus popular cinema, middlebrow art, genre cinema, notions of national cinema, the theatre/film relationship, and 'international' or 'mid-Atlantic' film |
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| Author(s) : Tom Ryall | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 071906452X | ISBN-13 : 9780719064524 |
| RRP : £45.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Series Title : British Film Makers S.
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 29/09/2005
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page Length : 200mm
Page Size : 216mm