Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1 ‘Temporary American Citizens’: Audiences and Americanization 2 ‘For the Purpose of Pleasing Women’: British Fan Culture and Rudolph Valentino 3 ‘Two Countries Divided by a Common Language’: The Arrival of the Talkies 4 ‘Nothing Ever Happened in England’: Keeping the Gangsters at Bay 119 5 ‘The Minx’s Progress’: Gone with the Wind as Britain’s Favourite War Film 6 ‘The American Film par excellence’: Domesticating the Western 205 7 ‘The Sixth Form Was Never Like This’: Grease and the American 1950s 8 ‘With Allies Like These, Who Needs Enemies?’: The Patriot and the Cinematic ‘special relationship’ Bibliography Index

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Investigates Hollywood's ability to appeal to British filmgoers, as well as its ability to alienate, enrage and amuse them across films ranging from The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1922) to The Patriot (2000).

About the Author

Mark Glancy teaches American and British film history at Queen Mary, University of London. His previous books include The 39 Steps: A British Film Guide, published by I.B.Tauris in 2003.

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