CONTENTS: - A Guide to Current Films - Americans in Europe (on the decision of some leading Hollywood directors to work in Europe): Anatole Litvak, Lewis Milestone, John Huston, et al. - on running a specialised hall, the Rex Cinema in Cambridge - the decline of charm in Hollywood movies - on the state of contemporary film criticism, by John Grierson (series) - the Shell Film Unit - images from 'Mam'zelle Nitouche'; and 'Le Blé en Herbe' - Virginia Woolf's essay "The Cinema" - images of three actresses: Judy Garland (in 'A Star is born'), Audrey Hepburn (in 'Sabrina Fair'), and Shirley Booth (in 'About Mrs. Leslie) - Stroheim in London - 'Dial M for Murder' - Only Connect: Some Aspects of the Work of Humphrey Jennings - Garbo - The British Film Industry: 1927 - 1936 FILM REVIEWS: - Madame de... - Le Salaire de la Peur - Cinemascope Productions - Hobson's Choice - The Golden Coach - The Maggie - The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci - It should happen to you. BOOK REVIEWS: - A Tree is a Tree, by King Vidor - Reflections on the Cinema, by René Clair - Cocteau on Film, a conversation recorded by André Fraigneau - Comedy Films, by John Montgomery - Film Acting, by Pudovkin - Film Technique, by Pudovkin COVER: Greta Garbo

Item number 27435
Category Periodical
Type Criticism/History
Dimensions 272 x 217 cm
Language English
Country of origin UK
Related people Gavin Lambert (editor)

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection