Dr James C Robertson: 2 books
The Casablanca Man
The Cinema of Michael Curtiz
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Michael Curtiz (1888-1962) was without doubt one of the most important directors in film history, yet he has never been granted his deserved recognition and no full-scale work on him has previously been published. The Casablanca Man surveys Curtiz' unequalled mastery over a variety of genres which...
The Hidden Cinema
British Film Censorship in Action 1913-1972
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2005
How does film censorship work in Britain? Jim Robertson's new paperback edition of The Hidden Cinema argues that censorship has had a far greater influence on British film history than is often apparent, creating the `hidden cinema' of the title. Robertson charts the role of the British Board of Film...