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Michael Curtiz (1888-1962) is considered to be one of the most
important directors in film history. "The Casablanca Man" surveys
Curtiz's mastery over a variety of genres which included biography,
comedy, horror, melodrama, musical, swashbuckler and western, and
looks at his relationship with the Hollywood studio moguls on the
basis of documentary evidence gleaned from archive research at
Warner Brothers, rather than the hearsay on which so much of his
reputation rests. This access to the production and financial
details of Curtiz's Warner Brothers films from 1926 to 1953 is the
most distinctive feature of Jim Robertson's work, most of it never
having been made available to the general public. Concentrating on
Curtiz's best-known films - "Casablanca", "Angels with Dirty
Faces", "Mildred Pearce" and "King Creole" among them - Robertson
explores his practical struggles over, for example, screenplays,
his use of reality footage in his feature films, and the
instinctive visual sense which governed his work.
How does film censorship work in Britain? Jim Robertson's new
paperback edition of The Hidden Cinema argues that censorship has
had a far greater influence on British film history than is often
apparent, creating the `hidden cinema' of the title. Robertson
charts the role of the British Board of Film Censors, established
in 1913, and the histories of a variety of noteworthy films
including Battleship Potemkin and No Orchids for Miss Blandish and
revealing how censorship continues to exert a marked influence on
many important films - like the controversial A Clockwork Orange -
some of which have now vanished from British screens altogether.
This edition includes a brand new section on Bernardo Bertolucci's
Last Tango in Paris, immediately engulfed in censorship wrangles on
its release in 1972.
The secrecy in which the British Board of Film Censors enveloped
itself until 1948 resulted in a glaring vacuum in British cinematic
history. Originally published in 1985, this book filled this
important gap, drawing on the detailed registers of films passed,
cut and banned since 1913. The book opens by tracing the events
which led up to the creation of the BBFC and goes on to cover the
Board's theoretical censorship principles concerning such matters
as crime, religion and sex and to discuss how these principles were
applied in practice to silent films. The advent of the talkies in
the late 1920s caused a minor revolution in the Board's work during
the 1930s and 1940s, when the cinema rose to the peak of its
popularity. This era of the Board's history is examined in detail,
with extensive use of the Board's surviving records and a whole
chapter devoted to the special circumstances of the Second World
War. The final chapter delves into the Board's work up to 1950, and
investigates the connection between film censorship in Britain and
the USA. Also discussing the political and social background, this
is an essential history of film censorship in Britain in general
and the BBFC in particular.
The secrecy in which the British Board of Film Censors enveloped
itself until 1948 resulted in a glaring vacuum in British cinematic
history. Originally published in 1985, this book filled this
important gap, drawing on the detailed registers of films passed,
cut and banned since 1913. The book opens by tracing the events
which led up to the creation of the BBFC and goes on to cover the
Board's theoretical censorship principles concerning such matters
as crime, religion and sex and to discuss how these principles were
applied in practice to silent films. The advent of the talkies in
the late 1920s caused a minor revolution in the Board's work during
the 1930s and 1940s, when the cinema rose to the peak of its
popularity. This era of the Board's history is examined in detail,
with extensive use of the Board's surviving records and a whole
chapter devoted to the special circumstances of the Second World
War. The final chapter delves into the Board's work up to 1950, and
investigates the connection between film censorship in Britain and
the USA. Also discussing the political and social background, this
is an essential history of film censorship in Britain in general
and the BBFC in particular.
How does film censorship work in Britain? Jim Robertson's new
paperback edition of The Hidden Cinema argues that censorship has
had a far greater influence on British film history than is often
apparent, creating the hidden cinema' of the title. Robertson
charts the role of the British Board of Film Censors, established
in 1913, and the histories of a variety of noteworthy films
including Battleship Potemkin and No Orchids for Miss Blandish and
revealing how censorship continues to exert a marked influence on
many important films - like the controversial A Clockwork Orange -
some of which have now vanished from British screens altogether.
This edition includes a brand new section on Bernardo Bertolucci's
Last Tango in Paris, immediately engulfed in censorship wrangles on
its release in 1972.
Visually rich, up-to-date, and authoritative, "The Atlas of Global
Conservation "is a premier resource for everyone concerned about
the natural world. Drawing from the best data available, it is an
unprecedented guide to the state of the planet and our most
pressing resource and environmental issues. Top scientists at The
Nature Conservancy, the leading conservation organization working
around the world to protect ecologically important lands and water,
have joined forces to create this extraordinary reference. It
features 79 richly-detailed, fullcolor maps and other graphics
paired with an informative, inviting discussion of major trends
across the world's terrestrial, marine, and freshwater
environments. Interspersed throughout, essays by noted
international authorities point the way forward in confronting some
of our greatest conservation challenges.
- The most comprehensive single volume on global environmental
conservation and future sustainability
- Includes the latest data on environmental threats, such as
climate change, water use, habitat protection, deforestation and
overfishing
- Full-color maps and graphics are designed to facilitate
sideby-side comparisons, empowering readers to draw their own
conclusions
- Brings together information that has been widely dispersed across
myriad publications and databases in a format thatinvites
evaluation and application
- Supporting data is available on an accompanying website
The first comparative study of censorship in theatre and cinema
during the last century, this book examines notable
twentieth-century cases involving the Lord Chamberlain's theatre
censorship and the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC). Anthony
Aldgate and James C. Robertson have written extensively on the
subject of stage and screen censorship, and here they utilise
previously unpublished Lord Chamberlain's censorship sources as
well as hitherto unexplored BBFC files. They show how the two
censorship agencies operated, with some interaction between them,
over such controversial matters as sex, foreign affairs, juvenile
crime, single-sex relationships, the 'swinging' 1960s, horror,
religion and other contentious material. This wide-ranging study
concludes by explaining why theatre censorship was abolished in
1968 whereas the BBFC has survived until the present day.
Censorship in Theatre and Cinema is a valuable contribution to
media history with implications for the practice of censorship in
Britain today. Features * The first comparative study of censorship
in both theatre and cinema * Accessible to both specialist and
general readers alike * Covers both American and British stage and
screen properties * Includes detailed analysis of various case
studies to illustrate censorship procedures in action.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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