Idols of the Odeons
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Idols of the Odeons

Post-war British film stardom

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Idols of the Odeons

Post-war British film stardom

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Idols of the Odeons examines British film stardom in the post-war era, a time when Hollywood movies were increasingly supplanting the Pinewood/Elstree studio system. The book encompasses the careers of sixteen actors, including Stanley Baker, Diana Dors, Norman Wisdom, Hattie Jacques, Peter Finch and Peter Sellers. Such extremely diverse careers provide the opportunity to explore overlooked films, in addition to examining how the term 'star' could apply to a stalwart leading man, a Variety comic, a self-created 'Vamp' and a character actor. Above all, this is a book that celebrates, with idiosyncratic humour and warmth, how these actors accomplished much of their best work during the transitional period between the Rank/ABPC roster of stars and the US domination of the British film industry.

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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781526147028
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Modern British History
Index
History
Index
ABPC see Associated British Picture Corporation
Ackroyd, Peter 237
Adair, Gilbert 211
Addams, Dawn 230
Aldgate, Anthony 45, 85, 290
Aldrich, Robert 78, 252, 265
Allied Film Makers 24, 66n8
Alwyn, Nicholas 52
Anderson, Lindsay 5, 19, 46, 63, 79, 175, 244
Anderson, Michael 25
Andrews, David 68
Andrews, Harry 44, 128
Andrews, Nigel 51
Annakin, Ken 21, 39, 46, 103, 154, 173, 181, 191, 193, 195, 221, 226, 227, 240, 269
Antonioni, Michelangelo 280
Armes, Roy 2, 16
Ashcroft, Peggy 51
Asher, Robert 6, 166, 167, 184, 255
Askey, Arthur 205, 207
Askwith, Robin 214
Asquith, Anthony 35, 36, 37, 110, 224, 236
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) 2, 4, 6, 24, 42, 44, 77, 100, 101, 102, 105, 121, 122, 125–7, 130, 132n13, 133, 136, 142, 146, 149, 152, 154, 170, 180 238, 240, 244, 246, 287
Attenborough, Richard 24, 26, 28, 43, 51, 78, 244n7, 276, 289
Axelrod, George 110
Aylmer, Felix 38
Babington, Bruce 15, 28, 219, 240–...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Figures
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. Senior leads: Meet the chaps
  11. Younger leading men
  12. Leading ladies
  13. The comics
  14. Ladies and gentlemen of character
  15. The art of screen acting
  16. Conclusion
  17. Filmography
  18. Index