Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain

For 100 years, Hollywood has provided both the majority and the most popular of films shown on British screens. For many Britons, Hollywood films are not foreign films. Whether seen in the cinema, on television or the internet, they are regarded as normal screen fare and a part of everyday life. Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain is the first book to take a wide ranging view of this phenomenon, exploring the tastes and preferences of British audiences from the silent era to the present. Mark Glancy investigates the British reception of Hollywood films, ranging from The Public Enemy through film history to The Patriot and Grease. Drawing on rich original sources, his carefully researched and lively book explores Hollywood's capacity to appeal to British audiences, as well as its ability to alienate, enrage and amuse them.

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Mark Glancy is originally from New Orleans. He teaches American and British film history at Queen Mary, University of London. His previous books include The 39 Steps: A British Film Guide (I.B.Tauris), When Hollywood Loved Britain and The New Film History: Methods, Sources, Approaches.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction

1 'Temporary American Citizens':
Audiences and Americanization

2 'For the Purpose of Pleasing Women':
British Fan Culture and Rudolph Valentino

3 'Two Countries Divided by a Common Language':
The Arrival of the Talkies

4 'Nothing Ever Happened in England':
Keeping the Gangsters at Bay 119

5 'The Minx's Progress':
Gone with the Wind as Britain's Favourite War Film

6 'The American Film par excellence':
Domesticating the Western 205

7 'The Sixth Form Was Never Like This':
Grease and the American 1950s

8 'With Allies Like These, Who Needs Enemies?':
The Patriot and the Cinematic 'special relationship'

Bibliography
Index

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