附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114).
Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Film Credits; ONE Origins; TWO The Making of The Private Life of Henry VIII; THREE Korda, Englishness and the 'International Film'; FOUR Korda and the Politics of Representation; FIVE Marriage, Sex and Gender: Relationships in Henry VIII; SIX Fade-out?; Notes; Sources.
摘要:Alexander Korda's masterpiece "The Private Life of Henry VIII" was arguably the most important British film of the pre-war period and a phenomenal, critical and box-office success. Greg Walker's accessible and thoroughly researched book examines the film itself, its makers and its place in the cinematic and cultural history of the period. He examines Korda's subtle treatment of national and "international" identity, his representation of British history, use of modern stereotypes, and discusses the representation of gender and sexuality in the film, including that of Henry'