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- Creator
- edited by Christopher Frayling and Emily King, with Harriet Atkinson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
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- Physical Details
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- xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780719080166, 0719080169
- OCLC
- ocn303019278
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- From gas to electric lighting in London theatres of the late nineteenth century / Beth Hannant -- Transforming the audience: theatricality in the designs of Norman Bel Geddes, 1914-1939 / Nicolas P. Maffei -- The construction of a modern pleasure palace: Dreamland Cinema, Margate, 1935 / Josephine Kane -- Worlds in a box: technology and culture in 1950s British radio design / David Attwood -- Design and the dream factory in Britain / Christopher Frayling -- Taking credit: Saul Bass, Otto Preminger and Alfred Hitchcock / Emily King -- Prop goes the easel! Alistair Grant's paintings for The rebel, 1960 / Alistair O'Neill -- Design in the monochrome box: the BBC Television design department and the modern style, 1946-1962 / Michelle Jones -- The evolution of a new televisual language: the sets, title sequences and consumers of Ready, steady go! 1963-1966 / Alice Twemlow
Subjects
- Motion pictures -- Art direction -- History -- 19th century.
- Motion pictures -- Art direction -- History -- 20th century.
- Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- Design -- History -- 19th century.
- Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- Design -- History -- 20th century.
- Television -- Art direction -- History -- 19th century.
- Television -- Art direction -- History -- 20th century.
- Television -- Stage-setting and scenery -- Design -- History -- 19th century.
- Television -- Stage-setting and scenery -- Design -- History -- 20th century.