British Cinema of the 1950s

In this history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and Vincent Porter explore the effects of social, cultural, and economic change on the 1950s film industry in Britain, looking in particular at the impact of the rise of television, successive changes in government policy, and the collapse of the studio system.

Where it really scores strongly is in giving credit to people who don't normally appear in histories such as script editors, minor producers: names you see on the credits but never notice. It's also good at delineating the tensions within organisations and their results. This book does for 50s cinema what Rachael Low's The History of British Film did for pre-war cinema. If you need to know about the period, this is the place to start.

Klappentext
In this definitive and long-awaited history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and Vincent Porter draw extensively on previously unknown archive material to chart the growing rejection of post-war deference by both filmmakers and cinema audiences. Harper and Porter explore the effects of social, cultural, and economic change on the 1950s film industry in Britain, looking in particular at the impact of the rise of television, successive changes in government policy, and the collapse of the studio system.

Inhalt
Introduction; 1. The Politics of Production Finance; 2. The Rank Organisation; 3. Ealing Studios; 4. The Associated British Picture Company; 5. British Lion; 6. American-British Productions; 7. Hammer Films; 8. Independent Producers; 9. Outsiders and Mavericks; 10. Visual Style; 11. Censorship; 12. The Cinema Audience Responds; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes and references; Filmography; Bibliography; Index

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