British national cinema
2nd ed.
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Word Count
70,500 words, Guess
Page Count
282 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebritishnationalc00stre_791
- Internet Archivebritishnationalc0000stre_j7r4
- ISBN-139780415384216
- ISBN-139780415384223
- ISBN-100415384214
and 9 more
- ISBN-100415384222
- Library of Congress Control Number2008010267
- OCLC Control Number456104294
- OCLC Control Number213375801
- Better World BooksKR-362-070
- Better World Books9780415384223
- Better World Books9780415384216
- Better World BooksKP-853-151
- Open LibraryOL19520225M
Classifications
- DDC791.430941
- LCCPN1993.5.G7 S75 2008
- LCCPN1993.5.G7S75 2008
and 2 more
- LCCPN1993.5.G7 S75 2009
- LCCPN1993.5.G7 S75 2009eb
Description
Traces the development of the British film industry, from the Lumiere brothers' first screening in London in 1896, through to the dominance of Hollywood and the severe financial crises which affected Goldcrest, Handmade Films and Palace Pictures in the late 1980s and 1990s.
First Sentence
Cinema was born in the 1890s, the 'last machine' of Victorian invention.
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Series Statement
- National cinemas
Other Editions
- British national cinema
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