Ebook: A companion to British and Irish cinema
Author: Hill W. John
- Tags: Motion pictures -- Great Britain., Motion pictures -- Ireland., Motion pictures., Great Britain., Ireland., Film, Großbritannien, Irland
- Series: Wiley-Blackwell companions to national cinemas
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- City: Great Britain., Großbritannien, Ireland., Irland
- Language: English
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"The cinema was thus established as a medium of mass entertainment in Britain by the early 1910s, but it is a striking fact that in the present day there is very little knowledge of, or familiarity with, silent British films, directors and stars amongst the general public and even many cinephiles. A 1995 documentary - Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears - commissioned from one Read more...
Abstract: "The cinema was thus established as a medium of mass entertainment in Britain by the early 1910s, but it is a striking fact that in the present day there is very little knowledge of, or familiarity with, silent British films, directors and stars amongst the general public and even many cinephiles. A 1995 documentary - Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears - commissioned from one of the country's leading contemporary directors by the British Film Institute, to celebrate the centenary of cinema, straightforwardly concluded that 'To all intents and purposes there'd been no silent film industry in Britain'"