British film and television culture of the 1950s : coming to a TV near you! / Susan Holmes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Great Britain.

Motion pictures.

Television broadcasting--Great Britain.

Television broadcasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Oregon : Intellect Books, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on the emerging historical relations between British television and film culture in the 1950's. Drawing upon archival research, it does this by exploring the development of the early cinema programme on television - principally Current Release (BBC, 1952-3), Picture Parade (BBC, 1956) and Film Fanfare (ABC, 1956-7) - and argues that it was these texts which played the central role in the developing relations between the media. Particularly when it comes to Britain, the early co-existence of television and cinema has been seen as hostile and antagonistic, but in situating these

Contents:

Publication Details; Contents Page; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Broadcasting It: Approaching the Historical Relations between Cinema and Television; Chapter Two The Cinema Programme Begins: Developing Film ' Specially For Television Purposes and Technique'; Chapter Three Current Release: Text and Audience; Chapter Four The Cinema Programme in the Age of Competition: Picture Parafe; Chapter Five 'As They Really Are, and in Close Up': Film Stars on 1950's Television

Chapter Six Glamour, Show business and Movies-in-the-Making: The Film Premiere and 'Behind-the-Scenes'Chapter Seven Looking at the Wider Picture on the Small Screen: Reconsidering Television, Widescreen and the 'X' Certificate in the 1950's; Chapter Eight 'Picture Parade in Long Trousers': Maturity and Change in the Cinema Programe; Bibliography of Sources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographic references.

ISBN:

9786610477012

9781280477010

1280477016

9781841509211

1841509213

OCLC:

59108442