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'Jeffrey Richards is admirably equipped to look at the forces shaping the British film industry in the 1930s and to interpret sympathetically a body of films traditionally mocked for their class-bound attitudes... he is full of original insights and illuminating comparisons.' --Philip French, Observer
'For those with an interest in British Cinema such an enthusiastic and knowledgeable book is a godsend.' --Robert Murphy, Sight and Sound
'For those with an interest in British Cinema such an enthusiastic and knowledgeable book is a godsend.' --Robert Murphy, Sight and Sound
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The period between the two world wars is often named 'the golden age of the cinema'; in Britain. This definitive and entertaining book on the cinema and cinema-goers of the era is herewith reissued with a new Introduction. Jeffrey Richards, described by Philip French as' ;a shrewd critic, a compulsive moviegoer, and a professional historian' ;, tells the absorbing story of the cinema during the decade that produced Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, the musicals of Jessie Matthews and Alexander Korda's epics. He examines the role of going to the pictures in people's lives during a tough period when, in the sumptuous buildings that housed local cinemas, people regularly spent a few pence to purchase ready-made dreams watching Gracie Fields, Robert Donat and the other stars of the day. He scrutinizes the film industry, censorship, cinema's influence, the nature of the star system and its images, as well as the films themselves, including the visions of Britain, British history and society that they created and represented.
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this is an updated version of the book first published in 1984.As the author acknowledges at that time the 30s was almost a lost decade from the point of view of accesability of films and lack of published works.Thankfully with the advent of the digital age and a flood of publications this has now been corrected.The book is divided into 4 sections.Every aspect of British cinema in the 30s is dealt with in a thorough going and well researched manner.My favourite section being on the censors in general and Col Hanna and Miss short in particular.their views on films and scripts is intensly funny at this remove.Not so for the Boultings for example who were not allowed to make Pastor Hall till after the declaration of war as it might upset the Germans!It is a must read for anybody who has the slightest interest in the subject matter.
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