Cinema and Radio in Britain and America, 1920–60

Jeffrey Richards is Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University

• Introduction1. Hollywood and radio: the creative nexus2. British radio and cinema: the creative tension3. Filming radio genres i) comedy4. Filming radio genres ii) detective stories5. Broadcasting films6. The radio studio as performance space7. War and politics8. The multi-media Pimpernel9. Tarzan of the airwaves10. The many voices and faces of Sherlock Holmes Index

A wide-ranging, informative, engagingly written, comparative media history.J.E. Smyth, University of Warwick, Twentieth Century British History, vol 23, no 3, , 01/09/2012, J.E. Smyth, University of Warwick, Twentieth Century British History, vol 23, no 3,, 1 September 2012|This fascinating book looks at the parallel histories of cinema and radion on both sides of the Atalntic . . . Lovingly researched, and illustrated with interviews with many of the creative talents involved , the book will be especially welcome to historians of cross-media interactions on both sides of the Atlantic . . . I commend 'CInema and radio' as a significant contribution to our knowledge of 20th century media history.Laurence Raw, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 2012, Laurence Raw, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television|"It will be of particular interest to historians of cross-media fertilization on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as those media historians interested in the way in which American cultural products have penetrated foreign cultures.", Laurence Raw, Baskent University (Ankara), Journal of American Culture 35.4, 1 January 2012