British comedy cinema has been a mainstay of domestic production since the beginning of the last Century and arguably the most popular and important genre in British film history. This edited volume will offer the first comprehensive account of the rich and popular history of British comedy cinema from silent slapstick and satire to contemporary romantic comedy. Using a loosely chronological approach, essays cover successive decades of the 20th and 21st Century with a combination of case studies on key personalities, production cycles and studio output along with fresh approaches to issues of...
British comedy cinema has been a mainstay of domestic production since the beginning of the last Century and arguably the most popular and important g...
Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, British Trash Cinema is the first book to offer a survey of the full range of British exploitation and cult paracinema, looking beyond horror and sexploitation, to 'permissive' social problem films, art house camp, science fiction, Hammer's prehistoric fantasies, and the worst British films.
Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, British Trash Cinema is the first book to offer a survey of the full range of British exploitatio...