The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940's

by Charles Drazin

The British cinema during the 1940s was enjoying an unlikely renaissance. During the Second World War and its aftermath, filmmakers were finding a new freedom to reflect the national mood, producing works of unparalleled ambition and boldness. Films like "Henry V", "Brief Encounter", "The Red Shoes" and "The Third Man" have become enduring classics of British and world cinema.Now in paperback and with a new Preface, "The Finest Years" chronicles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845114116
• ISBN13: 9781845114114
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"