London on Film
This book, a collection of essays by expert film researchers and lecturers, contributes to the growing body of scholarship on cinematic cities by looking at how one city—London—has been represented on film. In particular, the collection examines how films
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Screening Spaces Series Editor Pamela Robertson Wojcik Department of Film, Television, and Theatre University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Screening Spaces is a series dedicated to showcasing interdisciplinary books that explore the multiple and various intersections of space, place, and screen cultures. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14491
Pam Hirsch · Chris O’Rourke Editors
London on Film
Editors Pam Hirsch University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
Chris O’Rourke University of Lincoln Lincoln, UK
Screening Spaces ISBN 978-3-319-64978-8 ISBN 978-3-319-64979-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-64979-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017949476 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © mattscutt/Alamy Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
Introduction: Film Londons 1 Pam Hirsch and Chris O’Rourke ‘Local Film Subjects’: Suburban Cinema, 1895–1910 15 Roland-François Lack Glamour and Crime: The London Nightclub in Silent Film 27 Mara Arts Hitchcock’s Sabotage (1936): Conspirators and Bombs in Actual, Literary and Filmic London 41 Pam Hirsch ‘A Relic of the Bad Old Days’: Hollywood’s London in None but the Lonely Heart (1944) 57 Mark Glancy London Can Take It: Documentary Reconstructions of the City 73 Michael McCluskey
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From the Docks to Notting Hill: Cinematic Mappings of Imperial and Post-Imperial London 87 Eleni Liarou Wanting More: Gender, Space and Desire in Darling and Four in the Morning 103 Rose Hepworth Queer London on Film: Victim (1961), The Killing of Sister George (1968) and Nighthaw
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