Movie magic: A history of British cinema

Hollywood can be considered the heart of the film industry, but was in London that celluloid film process was patented in 1890. Fifteen years later, the audience sat in specific theaters which showed fragments of minute of horse racing and the news together with additional sound. The British public was undoubtedly the first to witness the big screen in action, which gradually became the films that we know today.

However, is the entrepreneurial capacity of United States which we highlighted the post to establish a film industry, which established the Universal, Paramount, Fox, and MGM Studios during and after the first world war. Eventually, snapped up British talent and emerging stars as the lovable Charlie Chaplin and suspense Alfred Hitchcock rootless land UK own experts and they sailed to the bright lights of Hollywood.

The World War II interrupted the golden age of British cinema during the 1920s and 1930s. This was a time when filmmakers focused on perfecting the propaganda documentaries and films of heroic war spell. Even with Hitchcock in Hollywood, new British talent took their place in the Chair of director of. Brief encounter catapulted David Lean's epic career. Powell and Pressburger followed, with hits as The Red Shoes, while Carol Reed enjoyed a similar success with Anglo film noirs as the third man.

Tastes of the national cinema dominate the 1950s, with comedies of Ealing, being succeeded by hammer horrors and Carry-Ons. Although popular, it was during the 1960s that British films were global. His films of the new wave challenged audience with themes of gender and class, with Joseph Losey, Tony Richardson and Lindsay Anderson is leading the movement. However, it was British escapism from the 1960s that stole the hearts of the public around the world, which includes the Bond movies, Doctor Zhivago, Mary Poppins and - last but not least - The Sound of Music.

Many cinemas struggled to fill posts in the 1970s as a result of the recession and the rise of the TV. There were films scandalous (the time), as The Devils, dogs of straw and A Clockwork Orange - to undoubtedly neighbors talking about. Without however, the eighty recession hit British film the most. After more than half of a period of a century, the Rank organisation shut down. It's the largest film company in Great Britain, which provides facilities for production, distribution and exhibition and was recognized by many due to its distinctive logo of a Gongman.

Since the 1990s, stars, and British films enjoy success around the world as a result of the increase in international cooperation in the talent of moviemaking. You comedies social four weddings and a Funeral and The Full Monty won box office smash hit the State, as well as royal dramas of the Queen and more recently, speech by the King. Many critics will agree that we are now taking the new golden age of British cinema.

Jenny Bailey is a writer of film who loves the research of the history of British cinema. For more information about movies and much more, visit theartsdesk.com