The Story of British Cinema: The Pioneer Years
2022, English. Directed by Lyndy Saville.
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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- 15 September 2022
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The Story of British Cinema: The Pioneer Years (2022) was directed by Lyndy Saville and stars Ian Nathan, Derek Malcolm, Neil Norman.