Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Biography and Career Notes xiii
6. Introduction: ‘Two on a Tandem’? Dearden and Relph: Authorship and British Cinema 1
7. 1. Apprenticeship and Beyond: Comedy Traditions and Film Design 14
8. 2. The Formative Period: The War Years and the Ethos of Ealing 49
9. 3. Dramas of Masculine Adjustment I: Tragic Melodramas 89
10. 4. Dramas of Masculine Adjustment II: Men in Action 167
11. 5. Dramas of Social Tension and Adjustment 203
12. 6. Ethical Dilemmas 249
13. 7. The International Years 287
14. Appendix: ‘Inside Ealing’: Michael Relph 322
15. Filmography 328
16. Bibliography 335
17. Index 347