7 Soho Melodrama: Cinematic Spaces of Sexual Blackmail, The Flesh Is Weak (1957) and The Shakedown (1960)

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Acknowledgements xi
6. Figure 0.1. Map of Soho, 1720 xii
7. 1 Tracking Shot: Soho Square to Wardour Street, London’s ‘Film Row’ 1
8. 2 Soho’s Bohemian-Cosmopolitans and Postwar British Cinema 25
9. 3 ‘God Is Everywhere!’: Engineering the Immigrant Landscape of Miracle in Soho (1957) 46
10. 4 Soho-Hollywood: The Birth of the Soho ‘B’ Film 70
11. 5 Old Perils, New Pleasures: West End Jungle (1961) and the Birth of Commercial Vice 88
12. 6 ‘An’ I Fort Jews Were Supposed to Be Lucky!’: Jewish Wide Boys, Johnny Jackson and Sammy Lee 102
13. 7 Soho Melodrama: Cinematic Spaces of Sexual Blackmail, The Flesh Is Weak (1957) and The Shakedown (1960) 122
14. 8 Subversive Female Sexualities and the Soho Coffee Bar: Beat Girl (1960) and Rag Doll (1961) 143
15. 9 Soho Strip Clubs (Part One): The Windmill Theatre and Its Cinematic Legacy 164
16. 10 Soho Strip Clubs (Part Two): The Stage and the Dressing Room 181
17. Conclusion. ‘Warm-Hearted Tarts’ and the Year ‘Old Soho’ Died: Campaigns, Rebirth and The World Ten Times Over (1963) 194
18. Filmography 211
19. Bibliography 215
20. Index 245