Hollywood, England: the British film industry in the Sixties

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Hollywood, England: the British film industry in the Sixties

Published Jan 1, 1974 · Alexander Walker

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Abstract

HOLLYWOOD ENGLAND is a book of an era as much as of the cinema. The focus of Walker's commentary is American power operating on British talent as, in the sixties, for the first time British cinema achieved a truly national character. It was an era of BILLY LIAR and KES, of the Beatles, musicals, the whole swinging London cycle; of directors such as Richardson, Loach and Russell and stars such as Albert Finney, Michael Caine and Julie Christie. And yet there was the irony that by the end of the decade Hollywood sustained 95% of British film making. Alexander Walker traces the change from the sober reality of post-Suez Britain to the consumer boom, and gives sharp judgements and critical appraisals on the vast variety of American and British film people who made up this extraordinary new wave.

Study Snapshot

In the 1960s, British cinema achieved a national character, but Hollywood dominated 95% of British filmmaking, despite the presence of directors like Richardson, Loach, and Russell.

PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)

Sample size24

MethodsObservational

OutcomesBody Mass Index projections

ResultsSocial networks mitigate obesity in older groups.

Hollywood, England: the British film industry in the Sixties

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