Historical Dictionary of British Cinema

by Steve Chibnall and Alan Burton

British cinema has been around from the very birth of motion pictures, from black-and-white to color, from talkies to sound, and now 3D, it has been making a major contribution to world cinema. Many of its actors and directors have stayed at home but others ventured abroad, like Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock. Today it is still going strong, the only real competition to Hollywood, turning out films which appeal not only to Brits, just think...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081086794X
• ISBN13: 9780810867949
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"