FIFTY FAMOUS FILMS – BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (PDF Download)

 

FIFTY FAMOUS FILMS – BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (PDF Download)

  • NATIONAL FILM THEATRE
  • FIFTY FAMOUS FILMS
  • 1915—1945
  • BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE
  • NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE
  • Printed by Cox & Sharland Ltd.
  • London and Southampton

FOREWORD

The publication in a single booklet of the Programme Notes covering fifty major films in the history of the Cinema drawn from our own National Film Archive and the Film Archives of other countries is one of several innovations. We believe our members will find it more convenient to have the Notes in this form. Apart from being less expensive for those who come regularly to the theatre, it is hoped that the booklet will have some value as a permanent reference work. James Quinn – DIRECTOR

This booklet is the work of many people who have been associated with the National Film Theatre during the past eight years. Apart from the contributions which are credited in the text, there are critical assessments by Lotte Eisner (Cinematheque Francaise), Penelope Houston (editor of “Sight and Sound”), Gavin Lambert (lately editor of “Sight and Sound”), Ernest Lindgren (Curator of the National Film Archive), Rachael Low (film historian and author), Liam O’Laoghaire (Film Acquisitions Officer of the National Film Archive), and Karel Reisz (film director). We take this opportunity of thanking them for their work which has helped so much to bring this present series of National Film Archive programmes into existence.

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