1 A Short History of the British Film Industry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Abbreviations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: An Industry in Crisis: 1945–1950
7. 1 A Short History of the British Film Industry 11
8. 2 Bogart or Bacon 31
9. 3 Capital and Commerce 46
10. 4 Producers and Profits 62
11. 5 The National Film Finance Corporation 77
12. 6 The Eady Levy 95
13. Part II: A Fragile Stability: 1951–1969
14. 7 The Road to Recovery 109
15. 8 The British Lion Film Corporation 128
16. 9 Film Finances and the British Film Industry 143
17. 10 Rise of the Runaways 161
18. 11 New Waves, New Crises 179
19. 12 Hollywood, UK 196
20. 13 Backing British 214
21. 14 Decline and Fall 228
22. Part III: Crises and Contraction: 1970–1985
23. 15 Restructuring the Film Industry 243
24. 16 The Changing Landscape of Film Finance 260
25. 17 The National Film Finance Consortium 274
26. 18 The Prime Minister’s Working Party and its Aftermath 287
27. 19 Revising Eady 300
28. 20 The British Are Coming! 312
29. 21 The Retreat of the State 330
30. Conclusion 347
31. Appendix I: Production Costs and Revenues of Selected Feature Films in the Late 1940s 353
32. Appendix II: National Film Trustee Company: Production Costs and Receipts 357
33. Appendix III: Budgets and Costs of Selected British First Features Guaranteed by Film Finances 358
34. Appendix IV: National Film Finance Corporation: Accounts, 1950–1985 363
35. Appendix V: Feature Films supported by the National Film Finance Corporation, 1949–1985 365
36. Bibliography 372
37. Index 381