First published in 1986, this standard account of Hitchcock's British films and film-making is now available again in a Second Edition with a new Introduction and Bibliography. It will be welcomed by all students of the film and admirers of Hitchcock.
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Tom Ryall is Principal Lecturer in Film Studies in the School of Cultural Studies, Sheffield Hallam University
Inhalt
Acknowledgements
Introduction 1996
1. Introduction - Hitchcock and Criticism
2. British Film Culture in the Interwar Period
3. The British Film Industry in the Interwar Years
4. A British Cinema? The British Entertainment Film of the 1930s
5. Hitchcock and the British Cinema
6. Hitchcock and Genre: 'The Classic Thriller Sextet'
7. Hitchcock and Classical Cinema
8. Conclusion - Hitchcock's British Films
Filmography
Select Bibliography
Additional Bibliography
Index