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Picturing the Past

Picturing the Past The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film

Hardback (01 Aug 1994)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This survey of British historical films of the 1930s and 1940s offers an account of the attitudes of official bodies, film-makers and audiences to the costume film. Archive records unearthed by Sue Harper reveal the extent to which government agencies and institutions attempted to influence the cinematic representation of history. This book goes on to contrast the work of a range of key producers and charts the vagaries of audience response.

Book information

ISBN: 9780851704487
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint: BFI
Pub date:
DEWEY: 791.43655
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 239
Weight: 571g
Height: 241mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 19mm