Entertainers in British Films: A Century of Showbiz in the Cinema

by Denis Gifford

Representing the first attempt to compile a complete catalog of the entertainers who appeared on film in Great Britain from the invention of the cinema in the mid-1890s to the present, this innovative book covers more than 2,000 entertainers. Each entry gives the entertainer's specialty, a chronological listing of his/her films, and the titles of the songs sung, played, or danced to. Uniquely, the catalog lists appearances in shorts and especially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313307202
• ISBN13: 9780313307201
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"