Legitimate Cinema

“Jon Burrows is destined to become a significant figure in Film Studies in the UK.  His research on theatre acting and silent British cinema is of the highest possible order and he is an assured and engaging writer.” –Professor Andrew Higson, University of East Anglia

“This book is well researched and makes an important intervention in the field.  It will be of interest to theater historians, film historians and cultural historians interested in British audiences and popular amusements in the early twentieth century.” –Professor Lea Jacobs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

“This study of theatre-film relationships and acting practices in the teens offers a major contribution to British film history, rigorously grounded in empirical research, compellingly argued and engagingly written . . . It will make an invaluable contribution not only to knowledge of the silent period of British filmmaking, but to the increasing interchange between film and theatre scholarship.” –Professor Christine Gledhill, Staffordshire University