Now and Then: The Ebbs and Flows of British Cinema

This is the second in Screen Education's series on national cinema which will draw attention to the historians and contemporary production of film industries from around the world. In the opening sections, McFarlane discusses the long tradition of literary adaptations and documentary films that brought international acclaim to the British cinema. He continues by investigating 'what else was there' and providing an overview of the most important Ealing comedies, Aldwych farces, crime and horror films and costume melodramas produced in Britain. McFarlane's authoritative discussion of the high and low points of British cinema is accompanied by select bibliography and filmography.