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Hitchcock's British films / Maurice Yacowar.

By: Yacowar, MauriceMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary approaches to film and television seriesPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2010Edition: 2nd edition. with a foreword by Barry Keith GrantDescription: xiii, 263 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780814334942 (pbk.) :; 0814334946 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 791.4'3'0233'092 Summary: In this traditional auteurist examination of Hitchcock's early work, author Maurice Yacowar considers Hitchcock's British films in chronological order, reading the composition of individual shots and scenes in each, and paying special attention to the films' verbal effects. The films discussed begin with The pleasure garden (1925) and end with Jamaica Inn (1939).
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Previous ed.: Hamden, Conn.: Archon, 1977.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this traditional auteurist examination of Hitchcock's early work, author Maurice Yacowar considers Hitchcock's British films in chronological order, reading the composition of individual shots and scenes in each, and paying special attention to the films' verbal effects. The films discussed begin with The pleasure garden (1925) and end with Jamaica Inn (1939).

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