British TV and Film Culture in the 1950s
Coming to a TV Near You
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
256 pages
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6-3/4 x 9
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Table of Contents

Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Cinema in the Home: ‘The Entertainment of the Future?’
Chapter One: Broadcasting It: Approaching the Historical Relations between Cinema and Television
Chapter Two: The Cinema Programme Begins: Developing Film ‘Specially For Television Purposes and Technique’
Chapter Three: Current Release: Text and Audience
Chapter Four: The Cinema Programme in the Age of Competition: Picture Parade and Film Fanfare 1956-8
Chapter Five: ‘As They Really Are, and in Close-up’: Film Stars on 1950s Television
Chapter Six: Glamour, Showbusiness and Movies-in-the-Making: The Film Premiere and ‘Behind-the-Scenes’
Chapter Seven: Looking at the Wider Picture on the Small Screen: Reconsidering Television, Widescreen and the ‘X’ Certificate in the 1950s
Chapter Eight: ‘Picture Parade in Long Trousers’: Maturity and Change in the Cinema Programme
Bibliography of Sources
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Cinema in the Home: ‘The Entertainment of the Future?’
Chapter One: Broadcasting It: Approaching the Historical Relations between Cinema and Television
Chapter Two: The Cinema Programme Begins: Developing Film ‘Specially For Television Purposes and Technique’
Chapter Three: Current Release: Text and Audience
Chapter Four: The Cinema Programme in the Age of Competition: Picture Parade and Film Fanfare 1956-8
Chapter Five: ‘As They Really Are, and in Close-up’: Film Stars on 1950s Television
Chapter Six: Glamour, Showbusiness and Movies-in-the-Making: The Film Premiere and ‘Behind-the-Scenes’
Chapter Seven: Looking at the Wider Picture on the Small Screen: Reconsidering Television, Widescreen and the ‘X’ Certificate in the 1950s
Chapter Eight: ‘Picture Parade in Long Trousers’: Maturity and Change in the Cinema Programme
Bibliography of Sources
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