Hollywood and the Invention of England : Projecting the English Past in American Cinema, 1930-2017 /: Projecting the English Past in American Cinema, 1930-2017. (2019)
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- Book
- Title:
- Hollywood and the Invention of England : Projecting the English Past in American Cinema, 1930-2017 /: Projecting the English Past in American Cinema, 1930-2017. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Hollywood and the Invention of England : Projecting the English Past in American Cinema, 1930-2017
- Further Information:
- Note: Jonathan Stubbs.
- Authors:
- Stubbs, Jonathan
- Contents:
- AcknowledgementsIntroduction: England, their EnglandChapter One: The Uses of Literature: Adaptation and Englishness in the 1930s'Sound, Censorship and 'Better Pictures''Properly English and Properly Dickensian': David Copperfield (1935)'The Best Possible Literature': A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)Literature at War: Wuthering Heights (1939) and Pride and Prejudice (1940)Chapter Two: Abstractions of Empire: Filming British Imperialism in the 1930s and 1940s'Ruling and Protecting These Countless Millions': Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)'One of the Most Distinguished Events in History': The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)'Delightfully Evil in the Fascist Sense': Gunga Din (1939)Empire Films and World War II Chapter Three: Ideology and Adventure: the post-war Swashbuckler Film'A Nation Divided': Ivanhoe (1952)'Under Banners Unknown': Knights of the Round Table (1953)Chapter Four: Cosmopolitanism and the Cold War: Historical Epics in the 1950s and 1960s 'A Show on Film': Around the World in 80 Days (1956) 'The Magic of Distant Places': Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Chapter Five: Boom and Bust: The English Past in the Swinging Sixties'A Living Past': Tom Jones (1963) and The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)'Intimate Spectacle': Becket (1964) and Anne of the 1000 Days (1969)Manhattan Transfer: My Fair Lady (1964) and Camelot (1967) Chapter Six: Intimations of Quality: English Heritage and the 'Specialty' Film the 1980s and 1990s'A Holiday Out of Time': Heritage Film and AmericanAcknowledgementsIntroduction: England, their EnglandChapter One: The Uses of Literature: Adaptation and Englishness in the 1930s'Sound, Censorship and 'Better Pictures''Properly English and Properly Dickensian': David Copperfield (1935)'The Best Possible Literature': A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)Literature at War: Wuthering Heights (1939) and Pride and Prejudice (1940)Chapter Two: Abstractions of Empire: Filming British Imperialism in the 1930s and 1940s'Ruling and Protecting These Countless Millions': Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)'One of the Most Distinguished Events in History': The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)'Delightfully Evil in the Fascist Sense': Gunga Din (1939)Empire Films and World War II Chapter Three: Ideology and Adventure: the post-war Swashbuckler Film'A Nation Divided': Ivanhoe (1952)'Under Banners Unknown': Knights of the Round Table (1953)Chapter Four: Cosmopolitanism and the Cold War: Historical Epics in the 1950s and 1960s 'A Show on Film': Around the World in 80 Days (1956) 'The Magic of Distant Places': Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Chapter Five: Boom and Bust: The English Past in the Swinging Sixties'A Living Past': Tom Jones (1963) and The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)'Intimate Spectacle': Becket (1964) and Anne of the 1000 Days (1969)Manhattan Transfer: My Fair Lady (1964) and Camelot (1967) Chapter Six: Intimations of Quality: English Heritage and the 'Specialty' Film the 1980s and 1990s'A Holiday Out of Time': Heritage Film and American Indies'Films of Consequence': Heritage Goes to Hollywood'An Emotional Event': the Rise of Miramax Chapter Seven: Pirates, Wizards and Wardrobes: The English Past in the Contemporary Family Film Licensing the Past: Intellectual Property, Conglomeration and the Franchise BoomFantastic Rebates and Where to Find Them: Global Production and Incentive SchemesConclusion: An Available PastBibliographyIndex. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (224 pages)
- Subjects:
- Film theory & criticism
Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism
History -- Europe -- Great Britain
Film, TV & radio - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781501305849
1501305840 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781501305870
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