JAMES CHAPMAN is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. His books include Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films (1999), Cinemas of the World: Film and Society from 1895 to the Present (2003) and Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film (2005). MARK GLANCY is Senior Lecturer in History at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, where he teaches courses in American and British film history. His publications include When Hollywood Loved Britain: The Hollywood 'British' Film, 1939-45 (1999) a

'A very welcome entry into the field of film history, the contributors to this exemplary collection engage rigorously and imaginatively with the structures and processes that have shaped the medium of film. Structured around the four key areas of History, Authorship, Genre and Reception, this collection tackles some of the big questions that have vexed film historians - what is the relationship between creativity and commerce, how do ideas "get into" film in a lively and informative manner. An indispensable collection for students and researchers of film, media and cognate disciplines.' - Melanie Bell, Lecturer in Film, Newcastle University, UK '...an invaluable tool in both teaching and research...the essays are scholarly and engagingly written, and genuinely extend the boundaries of the discipline. It will quickly become a central text for film history courses.' - Melanie Bell, Journal of British Cinema and Television

• Notes on Contributors INTRODUCTION: The New Film History; J.Chapman, M.Glancy & S.Harper PART 1: HISTORY Gone With the Wind (1939) and the Lost Cause: A Critical View; M.Stokes History and Representation: The Case of 1970s British Cinema; S.Harper Gallipoli (1981): 'A Poignant Search For National Identity'; M.Connelly 'This Ship is England': History, Politics and National Identity in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003); J.Chapman PART 2: AUTHORSHIP Art In Context: British Film Design of the 1940s; L.Ede The Author as Author: Restoring the Screenwriter to British Film History; A.Spicer When 'Hanoi Jane' Conquered Hollywood: Jane Fonda's Films and Activism, 1977-81; P.Krämer PART 3: GENRE The Politics of the Swashbuckler; J.Richards The Stalinist Musical; R.Taylor Now Voyager (1942): Melodrama Then and Now; M.Shingler From Gangster to Gangsta: The Hood Film's Criminal Allegiance with Hollywood; J.Munby PART 4: RECEPTION Blackmail (1929): Hitchcock and Film Nationalism; M.Glancy British Cinema, American Reception: Black Narcissus (1947) and the Legion of Decency; S.Street Studying Cross-Cultural Marketing and Reception: Ingmar Bergman's Persona (1966); I.Stigsdotter & T.Bergfelder The Wicker Man (1973) Email Digest: A Case Study in Web Ethnography; J.Smith Index