The encyclopedia of British film / editor, Brian McFarlane ; associate editor, Anthony Slide ; foreword by Philip French.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• McFarlane, Brian, 1934- editor.
• Slide, Anthony, editor.
• French, Philip, writer of supplementary textual content.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Motion pictures--Great Britain--Encyclopedias.
• Motion picture industry--Great Britain--Encyclopedias.
• Motion picture industry--Great Britain--Biography--Dictionaries.
• Motion pictures--Great Britain--Biography--Dictionaries.
• Motion picture industry.
• Motion pictures.
• Great Britain.

Genre:

• encyclopedias.
• Dictionaries.
• Biographies.
• Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 936 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Featuring more than 6,500 articles, including over 350 new entries, this fifth edition of The Encyclopedia of British Film is an invaluable reference guide to the British film industry. It is the most authoritative volume yet, stretching from the inception of the industry to the present day, with detailed listings of the producers, directors, actors and studios behind a century or so of great British cinema."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

• Entries A-Z
• Appendices : Awards ; Some title changes ; Select bibliography ; Thematic entries.

Notes:

• "First, second and third editions published by Methuen 2003, 2005, 2008; Fourth edition published by Manchester University Press 2013."
• Includes introductions for first through fifth editions and prefaces for third and fourth editions.
• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 9781526159267
• 1526159260

OCLC:

1237349052

Publisher Number:

99992954340