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Charles Crichton
By Quentin Falk
Charles Crichton is perhaps best remembered as the director of the unlikely blockbuster hit A Fish Called Wanda, made when he was seventy-seven years old. But the most significant part of his ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4995-4
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By Tom Ryall
This is the first comprehensive critical study of Anthony Asquith. Ryall sets the director's work in the context of British cinema from the silent period to the 1960s, examining the artistic and ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-6453-1
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By Tony Whitehead
Mike Leigh may well be Britain's greatest living film director; his worldview has permeated our national consciousness. This book gives detailed readings of the nine feature films he has made ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-7237-6
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Arliss, Crabtree, Knowles and Huntington
By Brian McFarlane
The 'Gainsborough melodramas' were a mainstay of 1940s British cinema, and helped make the careers of such stars as Margaret Lockwood, James Mason and Stewart Granger. But what was unique about ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1054-1
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£85.00
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By Melanie Williams
'A rule of mine is this', said William Goldman in 1983, 'there are always three hot directors and one of them is always David Lean.' One of the best known and most admired of British film makers, ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1681-9
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By Keith Beattie
Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-7855-2
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£85.00
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By Steve Chibnall
First published on the fiftieth anniversary of his directorial debut, this book was the first to examine the work of a man once hailed as the finest film-maker to emerge from the British studio ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-6012-0
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£25.00
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By Andrew Spicer
This is an authoritative account of the career of Sydney Box, one of British cinema's most successful and significant producers. Concentrating on the period 1940-65, it highlights the crucial but ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-6000-7
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Buy NowLance Comfort
By Brian McFarlane
In the years between 1941 and 1965, Lance Comfort made some of the most entertaining films in Britain. There was the striking success of his second feature as director, Hatter's Castle (1941) and ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-5484-6
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By Neil Sinyard
Richard Lester is of the most significant yet misunderstood directors of the post-war era. Indelibly associated with the Beatles and the 'swinging Sixties' because of his direction of A Hard ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-6756-3
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£80.00
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