From Pinewood to Hollywood British Filmmakers in American Cinema, 1910-1969

by Scott, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780230229235
• ISBN10: 0230229239
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780230289734
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This book is about the emigration, film careers and socio-cultural influence of British filmmakers moving to Hollywood in the studio era. It deals with some of the unknown and neglected emigres, as well as the leading lights who founded, initiated and ensured that American film became the leading national cinema of the twentieth century.

Author Biography

Ian Scott is Senior Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of American Politics in Hollywood Film (2000) and In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin (2006).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Prologue: From Pinewood to Hollywood	p. 1
Introduction: The British Connection: Themes and Theory	p. 6
Early Invaders: The First British Wave	p. 30
Sound and Vision: British Filmmakers and the Politics of Pre-War Hollywood	p. 63
Movies for the Masses: The British in the Second World War	p. 107
Post-War Directions: Ealing Escapism and the Menace of McCarthy	p. 127
Atlantic Crossing	p. 152
Notes	p. 174
Select Bibliography	p. 185
Index	p. 189
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