CiNii Books - British cinema of the 1950s : a celebration

Offers a startling re-evaluation of what has until now been seen as the most critically lacklustre period of the British film history. Covers a variety of genres, such as B-movies, war films, women's pictures and theatrical adaptations; as well as social issues which affect film-making, such as censorship. Includes fresh assessment of maverick directors; Pat Jackson, Robert Hamer and Joseph Losey, and even of a maverick critic Raymond Durgnat. Features personal insights from those inidividually implicated in 1950s cinema; Corin Redgrave on Michael Redgrave, Isabel Quigly on film reviewing, and Bryony Dixon of the BFI on archiving and preservation. Presents a provocative challenge to conventional wisdom about 1950s film and rediscovers the Festival of Britain decade. -- .

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Celebrating British cinema of the 1950s - Ian MacKillop and Neil Sinyard. Critics: Raymond Durgnat and "A Mirror for England" - Robert Murphy
Lindsay Anderson - sequence and the rise of the British auterism - Erik Hedling. Mirroring England: national snapshots - fixing the past in English war films - Fred Inglis
film and the Festival of Britain - Sarah Easen
Pat Jackson's "White Corridors" - Charles Barr
the long shadow - Robert Hamer after Ealing - Philip Kemp
if they want culture, they pay - consumerism and alienation in 1950s comedies - Dave Rolinson
boys, ballet and begonias - "The Spanish Gardener" and its analogues - Alison Platt
"The Case of Joseph Losey" - his early British films - Neil Sinyard. Painfully Squalid?: women of twilight - Kerry Kidd
yield to the night - Melanie Williams
from script to screen - film censorship and serious charge - Tony Aldgate
housewife's choice - "Woman in a Dressing Gown" - Melanie Williams. Adaptibility: too theatrical by half? - "The Admirable Crichton" and "Look Back in Anger" - Stephen Lacey
the Cold War and "A Tale of Two Cities" - Robert Giddings
value for money - Baker and Berman, and Tempean Films - Brian MacFarlane
adaptible Terence Rattigan - separate tables, separate entities? - Dominic Shellard. Personal views: archiving the 1950s - Bryony Dixon
being the film reviewer in the 1950s - Isabel Quigly
Michael Redgrave and the "Mountebank's Tale" - Corin Redgrave.

Volume: : pbk ISBN 9780719064890

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Offers a startling re-evaluation of what has until now been seen as the most critically lacklustre period of the British film history. Covers a variety of genres, such as B-movies, war films, women's pictures and theatrical adaptations; as well as social issues which affect film-making, such as censorship. Includes fresh assessment of maverick directors; Pat Jackson, Robert Hamer and Joseph Losey, and even of a maverick critic Raymond Durgnat. Features personal insights from those inidividually implicated in 1950s cinema; Corin Redgrave on Michael Redgrave, Isabel Quigly on film reviewing, and Bryony Dixon of the BFI on archiving and preservation. Presents a provocative challenge to conventional wisdom about 1950s film and rediscovers the Festival of Britain decade. -- .

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Acknowledgements Contents Celebrating British Cinema of the 1950s - Ian MacKillop and Neil Sinyard Critics Raymond Durgnat and A Mirror for England - Robert Murphy Lindsay Anderson: Sequence and the Rise of the British Auterism - Erik Hedling Mirroring England National Snapshots: Fixing the Past in English War Films - Fred Inglis Film and the Festival of Britain - Sarah Easen Pat Jackson's White Corridors - Charles Barr The Long Shadow: Robert Hamer after Ealing - Philip Kemp If They Want Culture, They Pay: Consumerism and Alienation in 1950s Comedies - Dave Rolinson Boys, Ballet and Begonias: The Spanish Gardener and its Analogues - Alison Platt 'The Case of Joseph Losey': His Early British Films - Neil Sinyard Painfully Squalid? Women of Twilight - Kerry Kidd Yield to the Night - Melanie WIlliams From Script to Screen: Film Censorship and Serious Charge - Tony Aldgate Housewife's Choice: Woman in a Dressing Gown - Melanie Williams Adaptibility Too Theatrical by Half? The Admirable Crichton and Look Back in Anger - Stephen Lacey The Cold War and A Tale of Two Cities - Robert Giddings Value for Money: Baker and Berman, and Tempean Films - Brian MacFarlane Adaptble Terence Rattigan. Separate Tables, Separate Entities? - Dominic Shellard Personal Views Archiving the 1950s - Bryony Dixon Being the Film Reviewer in the 1950s - Isabel Quigly Michael Redgrave and the Mountebank's Tale - Corin Redgrave Index -- .

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