The B&C Kinematograph Company and British Cinema : Early Twentieth-Century Spectacle and Melodrama /: Early Twentieth-Century Spectacle and Melodrama. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gerry Turvey.
• Authors: Turvey, Gerry
• Contents: List of Figures List of Tables INTRODUCTION; Rediscovering British and Colonial PART I: BRITISH AND COLONIAL—A COMPANY HISTORY, 1908 –1918 The Bloomfield Years: Period One at B&C, 1908–1912 McDowell in Charge: Period Two at B&C, 1913–1918 PART II: PLANT, STUDIOS AND THE PRODUCTION PROCESS Making Films at East Finchley and on Location, 1911–1914 The Endell Street Plant and the Walthamstow Studio, 1913–1917 PART III: PERSONALITIES AND THEIR BIOGRAPHIES On Screen: Performers and Picture-Personalities Behind the Screen: Policy-Makers, Directors and Writers PART IV: THE B&C FILM Comics, Dramas and Series Films: The B&C Film in Period One Spectacle, Sensation and Narrative: The B&C Film in Period Two PART V: DISTRIBUTION, PROMOTION AND PUBLICITY From the Open Market to the Exclusives System Promoting B&C and its Films CONCLUSION Godal, Aspiration and Bankruptcy: Period Three at B&C, 1918–1924 Notes Bibliography Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: University of Exeter Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism; ART / Popular Culture; Media studies; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Films, cinema
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781905816668; 1905816669
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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