Contents: Introduction p5. A neophyte producer: the 1920s p30. International style transposed: ‘The moth of Moonbi’ and ‘Greenhide’ p42. Emergence and consolidation: from the early 1930s to 1944 p54. Visionary essay films: ‘In the wake of The Bounty’, ‘Heritage’, ‘Uncivilised’, ‘Forty thousand horsemen’ and ‘The rats of Tobruk’ p89. The legend in its maturity: 1945-1959 p133. The great classics: ‘Sons of Matthew’ and ‘Jedda’ p147. Postscript p170. Filmography and film availability p175. Notes p178. Select bibliography p197. Index p202.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-196)
Bibliography: p. 197-201.
Filmography: p. 175-177.