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The oldest known surviving film (from 1888) was shot in the United Kingdom as well as early colour films. While film production reached an all-time high in 1936, [6] the "golden age" of British cinema is usually thought to have occurred in the 1940s, during which the directors David Lean, [7] Michael Powell, [8] and Carol Reed [9] produced their most critically acclaimed works.
Rear projection in color remained out of reach until Paramount introduced a new projection system in the 1940s. New matte techniques, modified for use with color, were for the first time used in the British film The Thief of Bagdad (1940). However, the high cost of color production in the 1940s meant most films were black and white. [1]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940: 21 Days: Basil Dean: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks: Drama: Filmed in 1937 All at Sea: Herbert Smith: Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh, John Warwick
Pages in category "1940s in British cinema" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. B. List of British films of 1940; List of British films of 1941;
The Chinese Bungalow (1940 film) Christmas Under Fire; Christopher Columbus (1949 film) Code of Scotland Yard; Colonel Bogey (film) The Common Touch; Conspirator (1949 film) Convoy (1940 film) Corridor of Mirrors (film) Counterblast; The Courtneys of Curzon Street; Crimes at the Dark House; Crook's Tour; Cup-tie Honeymoon; The Cure for Love ...
In 2004, the British Film Institute published a list charting sound films that generated the most admissions at cinemas in the United Kingdom. [48] The list is reproduced here ranking the top fifty films released in the UK throughout the twentieth century, defined as covering the period from 1 January 1901 until 31 December 2000.
Saturday morning pictures or Saturday morning theatre were film shows put on in British cinemas between the 1920s and 1970s for children. They were shown on Saturday mornings and the price was normally 6d (2½p). At their peak, nearly 2,000 British cinemas put on a Saturday children’s matinee show, but by 1978 this had dropped to 300. [1]
Category: British cinema by decade. 4 languages. ... 1940s in British cinema (2 C, 12 P) 1950s in British cinema (11 C, 5 P) 1960s in British cinema (11 C, 2 P)