The Cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph
Alan Burton and Tim O'Sullivan
Abstract
This book is the first full, systematic analysis and assessment of the of the cinema of this important film-making partnership. Dearden and Relph began their work together at the famous Ealing Studios in the wartime period and they became the most prolific production team there, working on many popular and acclaimed films such as The Captive Heart (1946) and The Blue Lamp (1950). Later in the 1950s, after their time at Ealing, they branched out into independent production and became particularly associated with a cycle of controversial social problem films, including Sapphire (1959) and Victim ... More
Keywords: Basil Dearden, Michael Relph, British Cinema, Ealing Studios, Social Problem Films
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9780748632893 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: September 2012 | DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748632893.001.0001 |
