John Mills and British Cinema: Masculinity, Identity and Nation 0748621083, 9780748621088, 9780748626618
Although his film career extended from the early days of sound to the British New Wave and beyond, Sir John Mills is non
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Table of contents :
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
1 Introduction: Acting English......Page 12
Part I......Page 36
2 A British Cagney? Cinema and self-definition in the 1930s......Page 38
3 Mills at War, 1940–45: The nation incarnate?......Page 68
Part II......Page 106
4 A Cautionary Note: Great expeditions and the postwar world......Page 108
Part III......Page 146
5 Dead Men,Angry Men and Drunks: Post-traumatic stress and the 1950s......Page 148
6 The Spectre of Impotence: Fathers, lovers and defeated authority......Page 184
7 Playing the Fool: Comedy and the end of Everyman......Page 218
Filmography......Page 249
Bibliography......Page 252
Index......Page 260
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
1 Introduction: Acting English......Page 12
Part I......Page 36
2 A British Cagney? Cinema and self-definition in the 1930s......Page 38
3 Mills at War, 1940–45: The nation incarnate?......Page 68
Part II......Page 106
4 A Cautionary Note: Great expeditions and the postwar world......Page 108
Part III......Page 146
5 Dead Men,Angry Men and Drunks: Post-traumatic stress and the 1950s......Page 148
6 The Spectre of Impotence: Fathers, lovers and defeated authority......Page 184
7 Playing the Fool: Comedy and the end of Everyman......Page 218
Filmography......Page 249
Bibliography......Page 252
Index......Page 260
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