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03438aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 4736654C0CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 008 220921s2023 stka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1399501356 020 $a 9781399501354 035 $a (OCoLC)1345215691 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d VYF $d YDX $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a PN1993.5.G7 $b B67 2023 082 04 $a 384.8094109042 $2 23 100 1 $a Botting, Josephine, $e author. 245 10 $a Adrian Brunel and British cinema of the 1920s : $b the artist versus the moneybags / $c Josephine Botting. 264 1 $a Edinburgh : $b Edinburgh University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a vii, 228 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a Uncovers the life and work of a key figure in British cinema, Adrian BrunelOffers an account of British film history through the prism of a unique creative voice within itExamines history through the interaction between archival research and textual analysisExplores the issues that beset British cinema in the late silent period, many of which pertained over subsequent decadesBritish cinema has been in the shadow of Hollywood for over a hundred years, constantly attempting to define itself in an effort to challenge its dominance. During the 1920s, a small group of intellectuals argued that injecting a level of 'art' into the medium was the way to do this, a view strongly opposed by the industry's commercial forces.Using the experiences of Adrian Brunel, Josephine Botting demonstrates how this clash affected the careers of filmmakers attempting to prove their theory. Brunel was cultured yet financially insecure, caught between the creative Bohemianism of 1920s London and a conventional, conservative film industry.Tracing the ups and downs of Brunel's biography with detailed reference to his personal papers, Adrian Brunel and British Cinema of the 1920s exposes the various forces controlling the production, distribution and exhibition of films in Britain as Brunel tried to negotiate them and find a niche in the insecure and competitive arena of British film. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Index $t CHAPTER 1 Contextualised Biography of Adrian Brunel, Part I -- $t CHAPTER 2 A Syndicate of Beggars: Minerva Films Ltd and Independent Short Film Production -- $t CHAPTER 3 Art, the Trade and The Man Without Desire -- $t CHAPTER 4 Making Dull Films Jolly: Brunel's Burlesques -- $t CHAPTER 5 'A war film with a difference': Blighty and Brunel's Negotiation of the British Studio System -- $t CHAPTER 6 Adaptation and Screen Censorship: The Vortex -- $t CHAPTER 7 Adaptation and the Power of the Author: The Constant Nymph -- $t CHAPTER 8 Contextualised Biography of Adrian Brunel, Part II -- $t CONCLUSION Brunel's Legacy -- $t Bibliography -- $t Index 600 10 $a Brunel, Adrian, $d 1892-1958 $1 https://isni.org/isni/0000000116349969 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 650 0 $a Motion picture industry $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a History. 650 7 $a Motion picture industry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027150 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781399501385 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023721.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4736654C0CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search