Research Catalog

Title

The cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph / Alan Burton and Tim O'Sullivan.

Author

Burton, Alan, 1962-

Publication

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

O'Sullivan, Tim, 1952-

Description

xxi, 353 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

This book is the first full, systematic analysis and assessment of the of the cinema of this important film-making partnership. Dearden and Relph began their work together at the famous Ealing Studios in the wartime period and they became the most prolific production team there, working on many popular and acclaimed films such as The Captive Heart (1946) and The Blue Lamp (1950). Later in the 1950s, after their time at Ealing, they branched out into independent production and became particularly associated with a cycle of controversial social problem films, including Sapphire (1959) and Victim (1961). The study offers a detailed, carefully researched, comprehensive and original view of their total work from the 1940s through to the early 1970s. It is supported by detailed notes throughout and a full filmography and bibliography.

Subjects

• Motion pictures
• Geschichte
• 1900-1999
• Relph, Michael
• Dearden, Basil
• Relph, Michael, 1915-2004 > Criticism and interpretation
• Dearden, Basil, 1911-1971 > Criticism and interpretation
• History
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Great Britain
• Film
• Regissörer
• Motion pictures > Great Britain > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / James Dearden and Simon Relph -- Biography and career notes -- Introduction : "Two on a tandem" : Dearden and Relph, authorship and British cinema -- Apprenticeship and beyond : comedy traditions and film design -- The formative period : the war years and the ethos of Ealing -- Dramas of masculine adjustment I : tragic melodramas -- Dramas of masculine adjustment II : men in action -- Dramas of social tension and adjustment -- Ethical dilemmas -- The international years -- Appendix : "Inside Ealing" / Michael Relph.

ISBN

• 9780748632893
• 0748632891

LCCN

2010362012

OCLC

• ocn320798862
• 320798862
• SCSB-14748091

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library