The Money Behind the Screen : : A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985 /

The Money Behind the Screen : : A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985 / / James Chapman.

Provides the first comprehensive history of the politics of film finance in Britain from the end of the Second World War to 1985Offers a study of the economic and fiscal structures underpinning the British film industry rather than another history of films and film-makingUtilises extensive archival...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022
VerfasserIn:
Chapman, James,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I: An Industry in Crisis: 1945–1950
  • 1 A Short History of the British Film Industry
  • 2 Bogart or Bacon
  • 3 Capital and Commerce
  • 4 Producers and Profits
  • 5 The National Film Finance Corporation
  • 6 The Eady Levy
  • Part II: A Fragile Stability: 1951–1969
  • 7 The Road to Recovery
  • 8 The British Lion Film Corporation
  • 9 Film Finances and the British Film Industry
  • 10 Rise of the Runaways
  • 11 New Waves, New Crises
  • 12 Hollywood, UK
  • 13 Backing British
  • 14 Decline and Fall
  • Part III: Crises and Contraction: 1970–1985
  • 15 Restructuring the Film Industry
  • 16 The Changing Landscape of Film Finance
  • 17 The National Film Finance Consortium
  • 18 The Prime Minister’s Working Party and its Aftermath
  • 19 Revising Eady
  • 20 The British Are Coming!
  • 21 The Retreat of the State
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix I: Production Costs and Revenues of Selected Feature Films in the Late 1940s
  • Appendix II: National Film Trustee Company: Production Costs and Receipts
  • Appendix III: Budgets and Costs of Selected British First Features Guaranteed by Film Finances
  • Appendix IV: National Film Finance Corporation: Accounts, 1950–1985
  • Appendix V: Feature Films supported by the National Film Finance Corporation, 1949–1985
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Similar Items