British national cinema /

Street, Sarah

British national cinema / Sarah Street - London. New York : Routledge, 1997 - 232p : ill, ports ; 24cm - National cinemas .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Traces the development of the British film industry, from the Lumiere brothers' first screening in London in 1896, through to the dominance of Hollywood and the severe financial crises which affected Goldcrest, Handmade Films and Palace Pictures in the late 1980s and 1990s.

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Motion pictures--History--Great Britain
Motion picture industry--History--Great Britain
Films, cinema
Media studies
Cultural studies

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