British Women’s Cinema examines the place of female-centred films throughout British film history, from silent melodrama and 1940s costume dramas right up to

A stimulating overview of the intellectual arguments and critical debates involved in the study of British and Irish cinemas British and Irish film studies have

Rolling the credits on six decades of women in film After the advent of sound, women in the British film industry formed an essential corps of below-the-line wo

This book takes a broad perspective and analyses the ways in which the British film industry has dealt with women and their creativity from 1930 to the present.

In the fifties British cinema won large audiences with popular war films and comedies, creating stars such as Dirk Bogarde and Kay Kendall, and introducing the