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Saints and Avengers by James Chapman
SciFier: $61.46Eccentric, ironic and fantastic series like The Avengers and Danger Man, with their professional secret agents, or The Saint and The Persuaders, featuring flamboyant crime-fighters, still inspire... -
Critical Mass by James Chapman
SciFier: $14.82Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798304889605Author James ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint -
Financing the British Film Industry by James Chapman
RRP: $201.40SciFier: $169.58Financing the British Film Industry provides a comprehensive history of the financing of British film production from the origin of the industry until the end of the Second World War. It documents... -
Hitchcock and the Spy Film Prof James Chapman 9781780768441
SciFier: $111.68Film historian James Chapman has mined Hitchcock's own papers to investigate fully for the first time the spy thrillers of the world's most famous filmmaker. Hitchcock made his name as director of... -
British Comics: A Cultural History James Chapman 9781789149128
RRP: $31.80SciFier: $25.38Now in paperback, this book examines comic publishing and reading in Britain, from the late-Victorian era to the present. Cultural historian James Chapman explores the origins and evolution of these... -
Film and History by James Chapman (University of Leicester, Leicester)
SciFier: $61.46Film is the pre-eminent mass medium of the modern age. It is a valuable source of evidence for the study of both the past and the contemporary world, and is a social practice that has affected the... -
Dr. No: The First James Bond Film James Chapman 9780231204934
RRP: $46.64SciFier: $40.22When Dr. No premiered at the London Pavilion on October 5, 1962, no one predicted that it would launch the longest-running series in cinema history. It introduced the James Bond formula that has been... -
Dr. No: The First James Bond Film James Chapman 9780231204927
RRP: $195.04SciFier: $158.62When Dr. No premiered at the London Pavilion on October 5, 1962, no one predicted that it would launch the longest-running series in cinema history. It introduced the James Bond formula that has been... -
Comics at the Movies: From Flash Gordon to Avengers: Endgame James Chapman 9781836391739
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $38.14Comics at the Movies explores the rich and often overlooked history of comic-book film adaptations, from 1930s serials like Flash Gordon to today's Marvel and DC blockbusters. It traces how the comic... -
Inside the Tardis: The Worlds of Doctor Who James Chapman (University of Leicester UK) 9781350179493
SciFier: $50.80Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350179493Author James ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint -
The British at War: Cinema, State and Propaganda, 1939-1945 Prof James Chapman (University of Leicester, UK) 9781860646270
SciFier: $57.22This text presents a picture of popular consensus between the government and the film industry over the representation on the cinema screen of Britain and the British at war. It examines the role of... -
Repicturing the Second World War by Michael Paris
SciFier: $197.14Films and television dramas about the Second World War have always been popular. Written by acknowledged experts in the field, this collection offers challenging, sometimes controversial, insights... -
A New History of British Documentary J. Chapman 9780230392861
SciFier: $99.62A New History of British Documentary is the first comprehensive overview of documentary production in Britain from early film to the present day. It covers both the film and television industries and... -
A New History of British Documentary J. Chapman 9781349352098
SciFier: $99.62A New History of British Documentary is the first comprehensive overview of documentary production in Britain from early film to the present day. It covers both the film and television industries and... -
Orwell Subverted by Daniel J. Leab
RRP: $52.89SciFier: $46.51Since its release in 1954, scholars have been aware of the Central Intelligence Agency's involvement in the making of the controversial animated motion picture adaptation of George Orwell's Animal... -
Adrian Brunel and British Cinema of the 1920s by Josephine Botting
RRP: $180.20SciFier: $169.58Uncovers the life and work of a key figure in British cinema, Adrian Brunel Offers an account of British film history through the prism of a unique creative voice within it Examines history... -
British Television Drama: Past, Present and Future J. Bignell 9781137327574
SciFier: $99.62Featuring leading scholars of British television drama and noted writers and producers from the television industry, this new edition of British Television Drama evaluates past and present TV fiction... -
British Television Drama: Past, Present and Future J. Bignell 9781137327567
SciFier: $99.62Featuring leading scholars of British television drama and noted writers and producers from the television industry, this new edition of British Television Drama evaluates past and present TV fiction... -
Seventies British Cinema Robert Shail 9781844572731
SciFier: $94.26Seventies British Cinema provides a comprehensive re-evaluation of British film in the 1970s. The decade has long been written off in critical discussions as a 'doldrums' period in British cinema,... -
British Film Directors: A Critical Guide Robert Shail 9780748622313
RRP: $57.22SciFier: $53.45British national cinema has produced an exceptional track record of innovative, creative and internationally recognised filmmakers, amongst them Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell and David Lean. This... -
The Holiday and British Film M. Kerry 9780230301047
SciFier: $99.62A refreshing insight into a previously neglected area of popular British cinema - the holiday film - including historical information about the British holiday and analyses of key films from the... -
The Holiday and British Film M. Kerry 9781349336708
SciFier: $99.62A refreshing insight into a previously neglected area of popular British cinema - the holiday film - including historical information about the British holiday and analyses of key films from the... -
Fantasy Film Post 9/11 F. Pheasant-Kelly 9780230392120
SciFier: $99.62Examining a range of fantasy films released in the past decade, Pheasant-Kelly looks at why these films are meaningful to current audiences. The imagery and themes reflecting 9/11, millennial... -
Marvel's Mutants by Miles Booy
SciFier: $43.44In 1975, Marvel Comics revived the X-Men, a failed title which hadn't used new material for half a decade. It was a marginal project in an industry then in crisis. Five years later, it was the... -
British Comedy Cinema I.Q. Hunter 9780415666671
SciFier: $92.71British comedy cinema has been a mainstay of domestic production since the beginning of the last Century and arguably the most popular and important genre in British film history. This edited volume... -
Ian Fleming and James Bond by Edward P. Dallis-Comentale
RRP: $44.50SciFier: $36.29"This is a compelling and important book . . . [that] makes a significant contribution not only to studies of Bond and Ian Fleming but also to studies of popular culture in general." -Michael... -
British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema: Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone Dr. Carolyn Owen-King (Independent Scholar, UK) 9798765110294
SciFier: $65.70British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema explores the Hollywood careers and stardom of British male actors who had fought in the first World War.In an apparently incongruous development in the... -
The British Cinema Book Robert Murphy 9781844572755
SciFier: $90.06The new edition of The British Cinema Book has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to the major periods, genres, studios, film-makers and debates in British... -
Nazis and the Cinema Susan Tegel 9781847252111
SciFier: $67.82Before the rise of television, the cinema was a key medium of entertainment and information. The Nazi regime, who inherited the largest film industry outside Hollywood, realised this clearly, with... -
Nazis and the Cinema Susan Tegel 9781847250001
SciFier: $143.71Before the rise of television, the cinema was a key medium of entertainment and information. The Nazi regime, which inherited the largest film industry outside Hollywood, realised this clearly, with... -
Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain by John Sedgwick
RRP: $159.00SciFier: $135.66In the 1930s there were close to a billion annual admissions to the cinema in Britain and it was by far the most popular paid-for leisure activity. This book is an exploration of that popularity...