The Story of British Cinema: The Pioneer Years

Directed by Lyndy Saville
2022    75m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary)
For this inform­at­ive new one-off, film writer Ian Nathan focuses on the first 60 years of British film, from the inven­tion of cinema and the trans­ition from stage to screen, to the emer­gence of the stu­dios and the first pop­u­lar idols. Nathan takes us through the work of lead­ing Brit­ish film-makers — a tal­ent pool that, like Hol­ly­wood’s, benefited from the influx of refugees flee­ing Europe — includ­ing Alfred Hitch­cock, Pow­ell and Press­bur­ger, and many more besides.

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Cast of The Story of British Cinema: The Pioneer Years

  • Ian NathanWriter
  • Derek Malcolm
  • Neil Norman
  • Stephen Armstrong
  • Lyndy SavilleDirector

 

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