British Cinema and Middlebrow Culture in the Interwar Years

Klappentext Through a fresh analysis of the relationship between the British film industry and such culture industries as radio! music recording! publishing! and early television! Lawrence Napper reevaluates the history of British cinema and culture between 1928 and 1939. Reappraising what has previously been considered a weak era in British filmmaking! Napper argues that the interwar period and its aesthetic were part of a specific strategy aimed at the rapidly expanding British lower middle class in order to differentiate this new generation of British film from movies produced by Hollywood. Zusammenfassung This offers an understanding of British Cinema between 1928 and 1939 through an analysis of the relationship between the British film industry and other ‘culture industries’ such as the radio, music recording, publishing and early television. List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: The 'Middlebrow' Concept of the National: Music Hath Charms 1935 1. A Law for British Film: The Cinematography Films Act 1927 2. British Cinema, The Publishing Industry and the Mass Market: The Constant Nymph 1924-1928 3. The 'Middlebrow' Debate and Film: The Good Companions 1929-1933 4. New and Old Cultures: The Lambeth Walk 1937-1939 Conclusion: The Viability of National Cinema Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Dr Lawrence Napper, Lawrence Napper, Napper Lawrence
• Publisher: University Of Exeter Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2009
• EAN: 9780859897976
• ISBN: 978-0-85989-797-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Exeter Studies in Film History; Uep - Exeter Studies in Film H; Exeter Studies in Film History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries