Alfred Hitchcock and the British Cinema: Second Edition / Edition 2

by Tom Ryall

Overview

First published in 1986, this standard account of Hitchcock's British films and film-making is now available again in a Second Edition with a new Introduction and Bibliography. It will be welcomed by all students of the film and admirers of Hitchcock.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780485121223
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/01/2001
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Tom Ryall is Principal Lecturer in Film Studies in the School of Cultural Studies, Sheffield Hallam University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1996
1. Introduction - Hitchcock and Criticism
2. British Film Culture in the Interwar Period
3. The British Film Industry in the Interwar Years
4. A British Cinema? The British Entertainment Film of the 1930s
5. Hitchcock and the British Cinema
6. Hitchcock and Genre: 'The Classic Thriller Sextet'
7. Hitchcock and Classical Cinema
8. Conclusion - Hitchcock's British Films Filmography Select Bibliography Additional Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

"A perceptive study." American Cinematographer

"A readable, thoughtful book." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

"A work of impressive scholarship that will give great pleasure to the serious student of film." British Book News

"A perceptive study."--American Cinematographer

"A readable, thoughtful book."--Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

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