Lauren katie 1950s film industry[1]
- 1. The 1950s Film Industry ('doldrums eraâ). Jack Gordon Lauren Bishop
- 2. Key Moments The term British New Wave, or "Kitchen Sink Realism", is used to describe a group of commercial feature films made between 1955 and 1963 which portrayed a more gritty form of social realism than had been seen in British cinema previously. The British New Wave feature films are often associated with a new openness about working class life (e.g. A Taste of Honey, 1961), and previously taboo issues such as abortion and homosexuality. âFree Cinemaâ â The making of documentaries. The Rank Organization closed 79 of its cinemas in 1956 and Associated British Picture Corporation closed 65 a year later. In 1951, cinema admissions had stood at 1,365 million in Britain; by 1960, the figure was down to 500 million. Ealing ceased production in 1958, and its understated comedy was ultimately displaced in public affection by the exuberant coarseness of the Carry On films, whose popularity hit their peak with Carry On Nurse (1959).
- 3. Key Film Makers Carol Reed, Robert Hamer, Alberto Cavalcanti, Thorold Dickinson, Alexander Mac Kendrick
- 4. Iconic Actors Dirk Bogarde and Stanley Baker Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell and a young Hayley Mills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXu1j2m3-1I
- 5. Movie Studios Ealing Studios: Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London.
- 6. Government Intervention⌠âIn 1948, the exhibitors' quota for main feature films was raised to 45 per cent and the Cinematograph Film Production (Special Loans) Act 1949 established the National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) to distribute loans for film production. In 1950, the Government introduced the Eady Levy, which was a voluntary levy on a proportion of the price of cinema tickets; half retained by the exhibitors and half going to the makers of films made in the UK, in the expectation that it would be used to fund new British film productions. This arrangement was designed so as not to count as a subsidy under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to which competitors could have objected. The Eady Levy was made compulsory in 1957 and remained in place until 1985.â http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200910/ldselect/ldcomuni/3 7/3705.htm
- 7. Boom time? Or Recession⌠In the 1950s the industry began to retreat slightly from the prestige productions which had made British films hugely successful worldwide, and began to concentrate on popular comedies and World War II dramas aimed more squarely at the domestic audience. The war films were often based on true stories and made in a similar low-key style to their wartime predecessors. 1950âs film was a successful due to them focusing their films on British Soldiers and War Time films, and also targeting the films at a domestic audience. Instead of doing the norm, like comedies to reach international viewing.