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Auteur(s) : Slide, Anthony (1944-....)
Titre(s) : A special relationship [Texte imprimé] : Britain comes to Hollywood and Hollywood comes to Britain / Anthony Slide
Publication : Jackson, Miss. : University press of Mississippi, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : ix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Comprend : British pioneers in America and an American pioneer in Britain ; The O'Kalems ;
The American-Anglo-Irish ; American silent stars to the rescue of British cinema
in the 1910s and 1920s ; American cinematographers of the 1920s and 1930s in Britain
; The 1930s and the Golden Age of the Hollywood has-beens ; Hollywood producers and
British film production in the 1930s ; Diversity ; female filmmakers, Africa American
performers, andd others ; Technicolor comes to Britain ; A Golden Age for the British
in Hollywood ; British cinema at war ; The postwar renaissance ; The new international
cinema.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index. - Includes bibliographical
references and index
"A Special Relationship provides not only a historical overview of the British in
Hollywood, but also a detailed study of the contributions made by American individuals
and companies to British cinema from the beginning of the twentieth century onwards.
The story begins with Ohio-born Charles Urban who came to London in 1898 and deserves
credit for major involvement in the creation of a British film industry. While Ireland
was still a part of Britain, the New York-based Kalem Company made films there from
1910 to 1913. British producers realized the importance of American stars, and many
actors, beginning with Florence Turner (who was arguably also the first American star),
made numerous British films. In the 1920s, such Hollywood stars as Mae Marsh, Betty
Blythe, and Dorothy Gish remained active in Britain. In the 1930s, as their careers
came to a halt, more than one hundred former American stars made the trip to England,
partly as a vacation and partly in the hope of reenergizing their careers. Chapters
discuss American cinematographers at work in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s and the
introduction of Technicolor to British films. Diversity is represented by African
American performers (most notably Paul Robeson), the Chinese American star Anna May
Wong, along with female filmmakers from Hollywood. With Britain's declaration of war
on Germany, there were Americans who stayed, such as Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, contributing
to the war effort. America became actively involved in British cinema after World
War II, with many Hollywood studios producing films there. As the years progressed,
the British film industry became an international film industry. The book concludes
with the Harry Potter and James Bond series, indicative of a new international cinema,
with financing and behind-the-camera talent coming from the United States, but with
British locales and British stars"
Sujet(s) : Industrie du cinéma -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Industrie du cinéma -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Artistes américains -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.430 2320941 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - Production - Îles britanniques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781628460872. - ISBN 1628460873. - ISBN 9781628460889 (erroné). - ISBN 1628460881
(erroné)
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