Financing the British Film Industry

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Capital, Cash and Quota, 1896-1945

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvJames Chapman

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Financing the British Film Industry provides a comprehensive history of the financing of British film production from the origin of the industry until the end of the Second World War. It documents the growth of the film business from a cottage industry to a mature business enterprise. It considers the capitalisation of the industry and analyses the relationships between producers, banks and insurance companies. It charts the fluctuating fortunes of British film-making and the various government-backed initiatives support the production sector. James Chapman argues that the difficulties of the British film industry arose not from the extravagances of individual producers or the collapse of particular companies but from underlying economic and structural weaknesses: that the industry was too reliant on short-term finance and that the domestic market was insufficient to guarantee a profitable return for anything other than a modestly-budgeted film

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399540216

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List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Growing Pains2. Challenges of War3. The Road to Protection4. Capitalisation and Consolidation5. Quota Production in the Early 1930s6. Korda and the City7. Boom and Bust8. The Bank of England and the Film Industry9. Renewing the Quota10. Recovery and Revival11. The Film Bank12. Remittances and Quotas13. The Rank EmpireAppendix I: Statutory Costs of British Quota Films, 1 April 1932-31 March 1932Appendix II: Schedule of Bank Loans to Producers and RepaymentsAppendix III: Statutory Costs of British ‘Long’ Quota Films, 1 April 1938-30 November 1939BibliographyIndex