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	The Wicker Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the final shot of the film, the islanders surround the burning wicker man and sing the ancient English folk-song Sumer Is Icumen In while the terrified Howie shouts out Psalm 23 and implores divine vengeance on the island and its inhabitants.
		The film was produced at a time of crisis in the British film industry.
		Despite Lee's claims that the cuts had butchered the film's continuity, the film met with critical acclaim and won first prize in the 1974 Festival of Fantastic Films in Paris.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Wicker_Man (812 words)

	Encyclopedia: Shepperton Studios
		However, British Lion incurred high production losses in 1950, and the financial crisis reached a peak in 1954 when the NFFC called in their loan, appointing a receiver and manager.
		British Lion Films Limited was formed in 1955 to take over the assets of its insolvent predecessor.
		The films made at Shepperton in the 1950s and 1960s reflected the influence of the strong independent producers and directors who used the studios, rather than the paternal dominance of former head Alexander Korda.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shepperton-Studios (1207 words)

	British Movies
		The British Board Of Film Censors was founded in 1912 primarily to keep the foreign imports 'genteel', or rather, to be able to control their numbers on the pretext of unsuitability.
		The problem with the British film industry was it did not keep pace with the advances being made abroad and quickly became technically out of date.
		Film censorship discarded some of its old prohibitions, now freer speech was allowed as well as previously taboo subjects like homosexuality, illegitimacy and abortion.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Hills/4337/obukfilm.htm (2236 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| British Sitcom Spin-off Films
		British radio and TV comedy had dabbled with the big screen before the sixties.
		The original series, perhaps the most fondly remembered sitcom in British TV history, featured the adventures of a small-town branch of the "Home Guard" — a disparate group of men, too old to join the Army proper, who are "doing their bit" to defend the country from potential German attack during World War II.
		On film, the prison setting looks far more harsh and brutal than the cozier, studio-set TV series, but the warmth of the characterizations still comes through and the film evinces a sense of realism lacking in other sitcom spin-offs.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /35/britishsitcoms1.html (3000 words)

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		Crist said: "The value of the film lies not in its revelations but in its reminder that young lives are wasted and warped with quiet desperation the world over." Critical Consensus: 6 favorable.
		Through the film is woven an inarticulate, but frequently touching Romeo and Juliet theme, about two minors who run away from home because there is 'nowhere to go and nothing to do'...
		While his film is never so dry as to qualify as a 'study,' the cast gives it the wallop of reality and the immediacy of group therapy.
	platts-mills.com /films/bronco/review9.html (1459 words)

	screenonline: British Lion Film Corporation Film Studios and Industry Bodies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		He was also the first film producer to be knighted.
		The loan was aimed at boosting production at a time when the quota for British films had been raised as a result of the 1948 Cinematograph Films Act.
		Consequently, both cinemas and producers had to screen and distribute a proportion of British films in order to satisfy the government.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/457344 (221 words)

	Humanities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The collection consists of both documentaries and feature films and will be of interest not only to media studies departments, but also to all those interested in the political and social history of Britain in the last 30 years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st.
		Two series, 'Who Were the British' (1965) and 'The Lost Centuries' (1968), 'Who Were the British?' covers in particular the history and the impact of the Romans in Britain.
		A series of six films made by Professor Michael Chanan while at Oxford, the first of which (Logic Lane) traces the development of philosophy at Oxford University from the 1930s to the early 1970s.The material will be useful to students of philosophy, psychology, aesthetics and cultural theory, and language and literature.
	www.jisc.ac.uk /coll_subject_hum.html (4086 words)

	TV Cream's A-Z of films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Nowadays of course there's tonnes of Lottery cash to be put at the disposal of producers who make bad films that no-one wants to watch but in times past producers had to raise their own capital with which to make bad films no-one wanted to watch.
		After the collapse of British studios such as Ealing, Gainsborough, London Films, British Lion (which was most of the rest cobbled together in a British Leyland stylee) and especially, latterly, Hammer, it fell to companies such as David Puttnam's Goldcrest, Bernie's EMI and Lew's ITC to come up with the goods.
		Originally Harrison's company was to be called British Hand Made Films (since Harrison had liked the sound of the British Hand Made Paper mill at the splendidly named Wookey Hole in Somerset) but it was pointed out to him that this was a name more suited to a nationalised business in perpetual crisis.
	tv.cream.org /specialassignments/films/filmsh.htm (1050 words)

	Fright (1971) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		This film was released by none of these, but could easily have been a Hammer film judging by the cast and crew.
		Occasionally there was a faint shimmer of aliasing or a tiny white spot or two to distract from the film experience, but really this is probably as good a transfer of this film as you would get for DVD.
		This is a dual-layered disc with the entire film contained on one layer, and the companion film on the other, so there is no layer change during either feature.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=5238 (952 words)

	The Film Asylum -The Wicker Man film review
		Woodward’s Howie may be holier-than-thou, ignorant and preachy, but it is a tribute to him that by the end of the film we feel sympathy for him, and those final moments contain some of the most powerful scenes you are ever likely to bear witness to in a horror film.
		However, it’s his first scene (he’s hardly in the film at all, but very memorable) where he shows Howie a tree that contains traces of a human navel (or some body part, I think it was the navel area) that really creeped me out, he seems so nonchalant about the whole thing.
		Was filmed in 1972 in Dumfries and Galloway in South West Scotland, and there was some controversy when Britt Ekland labeled it as the "bleakest place on Earth".
	www.thefilmasylum.com /reviews/wickerman/wickerman.htm (1285 words)

	The Wicker Man Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Filmed under the eye of producer Peter Snell for British Lion Films, The Wicker Man survived a troubled, weather-impaired shoot only to suffer at the hands of new Lion management when the company changed hands.
		Also adding to the mesmerizing quality of the film is the score by Paul Giovanni, who appears in the "Sacrifice to Aphrodite" chapter as a guitarist delicately crooning as Willow "initiates" a young lad of the village.
		Seeing Britt Ekland naked, ripe and writhing (though Willow's backside belongs to a body double), both angelic and empowered as a modern-day fertility goddess, is simultaneously hilarious and sensual — a guilty pleasure nearly matched in amusement by the oft-fearsome Christopher Lee in a kilt and tennis shoes.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=1790 (1632 words)

	Carve Her Name with Pride (1958): Viginia McKenna, Paul Schofield, Jack Warner, Michael Caine (bit part) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The film itself, written (with Vernon Harris) and directed by Lewis Gilbert (Educating Rita, Alfie) is basically divided into three parts: the first hour is dedicated to what brought Violette Szabo to decide to fight for her country; the second concentrates on her training; and the final third covers her missions and capture.
		She is both convincing and moving in her portrayal of a young woman who must cope with enormous upheaval and assume unimaginable responsibility in such a short period of time.
		The main impact of the film is, indeed, in personalising a war that seems too vast for most of us to comprehend.
	www.citizencaine.org /films/carve-her-name.shtml (715 words)

	Shepperton Studios bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Littleton Park seemed ideal when Loudon decided the next step was to enter film production, and a new company, Sound City Film Producing & Recording Studios, was founded in 1932.
		However, they had failed to consider that the huge Vickers-Armstrong aircraft factory was producing Spitfiress and Wellington bombers a few miles across the river and was a prime target for the German air raids.
		The British and Irish Lions (formerly British Lions 1) are a Rugby Union side comprising the pick of the best players from the four home unions, i.e.
	www.elexi.de /en/s/sh/shepperton_studios.html (1310 words)

	screenonline: British Transport Films
		established a films section to to enable it to use film as a tool for internal training and external promotion.
		The accolades bestowed upon them include an American Academy Award, several British Film Academy Awards and the Golden Lion from Venice.
		There is an undeniable charm to the films; indeed, pick any title and it is immediately evident that the people who worked on it and appear in it had a real belief in and affection for the work they were doing.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/445275 (454 words)

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		In 1927, British Lion, the UK film production facility, made Wallace chairman of its' board of directors (for what was essentially a figurehead president position).
		The films' climax features the films' villain made up to resemble the title character from Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse film.The movie was shot in London (as many of the German-made Edgar Wallace films were) and was filmed in the style of an old US silent serial.
		All films are listed alphabetically by their original German title, the translated (or UK or U.S. theatrical or television) English language title follows in parentheses.
	www.angelfire.com /ny/BloodTimes/EW.txt (7012 words)

	twocities
		This Two Cities lunch was a meeting of some of the most important people in the British film Industry in the 1940-50 period.
		A press release from Two Cities Films Ltd. dated 16/1/1947 : Two Cities Films Lts takes much pleasure in announcing the duties of Production Executive in charge of the technical aspects of all their productions will continue to be carried out by Herbert Smith with whom they have now made a fresh five year contract.
		Herbert Smith, who was the brother of the late Sam Smith, founder of British Lion Films, is a well known figure in the British film industry with which he has been connected for many years.
	www.frenchpix.com /twocities.html (238 words)

	Margaret Leighton biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Leighton's Broadway debut was as the Queen in Henry IV (1946) starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson during a visit to America of the Old Vic company, which performed a total of five plays from its repertoire before returning to London.
		After appearing in two British films, including the starring role of Flora MacDonald opposite David Niven in Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), the willowy blonde actress played the second female lead in Hitchcock's Hollywood film Under Capricorn (1949) starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, and Michael Wilding.
		Her last appearance on Broadway was as Birdie Hubbard in a revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (1967) starring Anne Bancroft as Regina Giddens.
	margaret-leighton.biography.ms (457 words)

	THE WICKER MAN review
		Well, film history has shown Deely to be the kind of man whose taste is all in his mouth.
		There is always more to learn within the story, it seems, and watching a young Britt Eklund dancing naked in her rutting passion is a nice way to pass the time.
		Zoom forward to 1979 and a group of film distributors/investors want to re-release the film, but there are no decent copies left.
	www.feoamante.com /Movies/VWX/wicker_man.html (1133 words)

	THE WICKER MAN review
		In film, cultism tends to involve the appreciation of certain works that are more distinctive in their parts than in their sum - a standard that can embrace anything from the intermittently endearing to the irredeemably trashy - and which usually flies in the face of accepted critical opinion.
		Though there is a real Summerisle, the film was not shot there, but in various locations in Scotland, primarily Newton Stewart on the Cree River in southwest Scotland.
		All that said, the way the songs are presented, instrumentally simple and seemingly without beginnings or ends but interwoven with the film's action, is actually quite successful, and avoids the jarring abruptness of most intentional musicals.
	www.feoamante.com /Movies/VWX/wicker_rbadac.htm (1875 words)

	Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1961): Janet Munro, Edward Judd, Leo McKern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the build up of the Cold War and fear of the atomic bomb led to an explosion (bad pun) of films dealing with the end of the world as we know it.
		Most of these films were from a US perspective, but British writer-director Val Guest focuses here on the effects of the Cold War on those who are not directly involved in the Arms Race.
		The only notes that don't ring true are the portrayals of the ordinary man in the street, who are either chirpy Cockneys or middle-class kids with a pechant for saying "cat" and "man" a lot.
	www.citizencaine.org /films/day-the-earth-caught-fire.shtml (606 words)

	The Mayor Speaks: April 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		The film has obviously resonated with a large audience, and it is destined to be a perenial classic.
		Spellbound is a fascinating and fun film that follows eight children in their quest to become National Spelling Bee Champion.
		The film is G-Rated and appropriate for all ages.
	www.joelcomm.com /2004_04.html (3951 words)

	Directors Guild of Great Britain - Roy Boulting 1913 - 2001 by Andrew Higgs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Never slow to seize an opportunity, the Boultings recognised the fact that the war had brought liberation and national identity to British film and sought to exploit that advantage in making projects that reflected the uniqueness and quirkiness of the British character.
		Although the brothers encouraged the perception of themselves as identical twins with identical views on film making (even going to the extent of mischievously impersonating one another), there were fundamental differences.
		Always seeking to expose the hypocrisy and old-fashioned practices that seemed unacceptable in a changing society, their films rapidly evolved in style to reflect the times.
	www.dggb.co.uk /publications/article9_80.html (908 words)

	deep purple, concerto 1969 dvd review
		The Concerto was originally filmed by British Lion Films, and edited down to a 52 minute programme eventually broadcast by BBC2 in April 1970 as "The Best Of Both Worlds".
		This DVD is not taken from the 35mm film footage but is actually the edited television video master.
		The film masters (most probably complete) were unfortunately stored in colour separated reels, and as a consequence restoration was well beyond EMI's budget for the project.
	www.deep-purple.net /review-files/concerto69/concerto69.htm (633 words)

	Britmovie - Leslie Arliss Biography
		Leslie Arliss was a journalist and critic who became involved with writing for the British film industry from the early 1930s.
		His first steps into direction, from 1941, came with Associated British, but a move to Gainsborough along with the star of his last film, James Mason, catapulted him into the public eye.
		Arliss's style in all these films is a brisk, no-nonsense one, encouraging his actors to emote positively.
	www.britmovie.co.uk /biog/a/004.html (350 words)

	Chronomedia: 1955
		January British Lion Films is formed to replace the insolvent British Lion.
		June Cable-laying for the transatlantic voice telephony cable is started by the British ship Monarch, the only one cable of carrying the single length of 1,500 nautical miles of cable, which incorporates 21-metre long flexible repeaters, designed and made by Western Electric to be only slightly greater in diameter than the cable.
		The RKO film library is sold to CandC Cola for $15m—which promptly makes available 740 RKO features to television stations free of charge, on condition their beverage is advertised during breaks.
	www.terramedia.co.uk /Chronomedia/years/1955.htm (2888 words)

	Sir Carol Reed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Reed began his film career in 1927 as an assistant to Edgar Wallace at British Lion films, supervising the adaptation of Wallace's works into film.
		(Both films were written by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat.) These early features confirmed Reed as a capable craftsman with a sharp eye for detail, an unpretentious style and a knack for extracting fine performances from his actors.
		Reed was knighted in 1952 for his service to the British film industry.
	theoscarsite.com /whoswho3/reed_c.htm (401 words)

	songoffreedom
		This is the great singers juiciest film role (The Emperor Jones was still on the stereotypical side), but in a film carelessly directed by J. Elder Wills ("Big Fella") resulting in a dated and uneven work.
		It's a film where one of the characters says with a straight face about the natives "The people, still dominated by these witch doctors, will never allow the white man to come near them.
		When the film transfers its studio set to Africa, it took on the cheesy look of a B-film and its unrealistic depiction of Africa was not even on par with those Tarzan films.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/songoffreedom.htm (475 words)

	herbert.html
		Herbert Smith born in 1901 was a mega man in the British film industry having started in the then "new fangled" film business at the age of only 13 sweeping the studio floors.
		He became one of the most powerful men in the British film industry controlling the premier British Studio at Denham from June 1945 until 1950 when it closed.
		Herberts' brother Sam founded British Lion Film Co. left, Herbert and Sam on the town with a couple of Starlettes
	www.frenchpix.com /herbert.html (485 words)

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