Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Abbreviations ix
6. INTRODUCTION ‘Might repay serious excavation . . .’: Adrian Brunel as a Subject for Study 1
7. CHAPTER 1 Contextualised Biography of Adrian Brunel, Part I 16
8. CHAPTER 2 A Syndicate of Beggars: Minerva Films Ltd and Independent Short Film Production 42
9. CHAPTER 3 Art, the Trade and The Man Without Desire 67
10. CHAPTER 4 Making Dull Films Jolly: Brunel’s Burlesques 91
11. CHAPTER 5 ‘A war film with a difference’: Blighty and Brunel’s Negotiation of the British Studio System 115
12. CHAPTER 6 Adaptation and Screen Censorship: The Vortex 138
13. CHAPTER 7 Adaptation and the Power of the Author: The Constant Nymph 156
14. CHAPTER 8 Contextualised Biography of Adrian Brunel, Part II 177
15. CONCLUSION Brunel’s Legacy 200
16. Bibliography 211
17. Index 217