Dear Screen-L:


The British Film Institute  is pleased to announce the publication of:

Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B ' Film

Steve Chibnall is a lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester.

http://go.ucpress.edu/Chibnall


This book, the first of two volumes, provides a major new history of 
the British 'B' film, tracing the development of the low-budget 
supporting feature from the 1927 Films Act, which introduced a quota 
system for the distribution and exhibition of indigenous product, to 
the age of television, when 'B' film producers channeled their 
energies into making television programs. Along the way the authors 
address leading producers and studios, 'B' film stars, distributors, 
and the genres and themes that tended to dominate 'B' film 
production: comedy, horror, crime and fantasy. _Quota Quickies_ 
includes a case study of the 'B' films of Michael Powell.

British Film Institute books are distributed in North America and 
Asia by the University of California Press.

Full information about the bookis available online: 
http://go.ucpress.edu/Chibnall


-- 
Lolita Guevarra
Electronic Marketing Coordinator
University of California Press
Tel. 510.643.4738 | Fax 510.643.7127
[log in to unmask]

----
For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives:
http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html