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The last Bohemian : Brian Desmond Hurst, Irish film, British cinema /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pettitt, Lance (Author)
Other Authors: Cousins, Mark, 1965- (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Hurst, Brian Desmond.
Motion picture producers and directors > Northern Ireland > Belfast > Biography.
Motion pictures > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Fugitive : becoming bohemian in a "cinema astray"
  • Formation : Belfast, Gallipoli and the 1920s
  • Filmmaker : from avant garde to Elstree: 1934-1939
  • Fame : cinema, wartime and film work in the 1940s
  • Finale : adaptation, revival and remnants of empire
  • Forgotten : Hurst and the wake of fame
  • Found : a critical redemption?