TY - BOOK AU - Burton,Alan AU - Burton,Alan AU - Dearden,James AU - O'Sullivan,Tim AU - O’Sullivan,Tim AU - Relph,Simon TI - The Cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph SN - 9780748632893 PY - 2022///] CY - Edinburgh : PB - Edinburgh University Press, KW - Motion pictures KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Film, Media & Cultural Studies KW - PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Foreword --; Biography and Career Notes --; Introduction: ‘Two on a Tandem’? Dearden and Relph: Authorship and British Cinema --; 1. Apprenticeship and Beyond: Comedy Traditions and Film Design --; 2. The Formative Period: The War Years and the Ethos of Ealing --; 3. Dramas of Masculine Adjustment I: Tragic Melodramas --; 4. Dramas of Masculine Adjustment II: Men in Action --; 5. Dramas of Social Tension and Adjustment --; 6. Ethical Dilemmas --; 7. The International Years --; Appendix: ‘Inside Ealing’: Michael Relph --; Filmography --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748632893);This book offers the first full systematic assessment and evaluation of the cinema of this important filmmaking partnership. Dearden and Relph came together at the famous Ealing Studios in the wartime period and became the most prolific production team at the studio, contributing such popular and critically acclaimed films as The Captive Heart (1946), The Blue Lamp (1950) and Pool of London (1951). Later in the 1950s, Dearden and Relph branched out into independent production and became particularly associated with a cycle of controversial social problem films that included Sapphire (1959) and Victim (1961).This new study takes an extensive view of the cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph. It considers in detail their contribution to the celebrated achievements of wartime cinema at Ealing, brings a new focus to their post-war films that addressed masculine adjustment in a period of rapid change, takes a fresh look at the prominent group of social problem films within their work, and offers an original study of their later period of filmmaking for the international market in the 1960s. Attention is also given to the significant place of comedy in their cinema and Michael Relph's considerable achievements as an art director. The book will be of interest to all students of film history and a general readership that takes a keen interest in British cinema." UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748632527?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748632527 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748632527/original ER -