Description: This is the first new book-length study of British cinema of the 1910s to be published for over fifty years, and it focuses on the close relationship between the British film industry and the Edwardian theatre.
Brief description: Jon Burrows is a lecturer in the Department of Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick. He is the author of numerous articles about silent British cinema, including contributions to British Stars and Stardom (Manchester, 2001), The British Cinema Book, 2nd edition (London, 2001), and Young And Innocent? (UEP 2002).
Review Quotes:
"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
--Professor Lea Jacobs