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book		Art and design in the British film : a pictorial directory of British art directors and their work / compiled by Edward Carrick ; with an introduction by Roger Manvell London [England]: Dennis Dobson, 1948. Call No: 226 CAR Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909; Carrick, Edward, 1905 Place: London [England] Publisher: Dennis Dobson PubDate: 1948 PhysDes: 133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm Series: International library of theatre and cinema Subject: ART DIRECTION. UK; SET DESIGNING. UK LON: 1749191 More info
book		The art of the sound film in Britain: documentary : teaching notes / by Roger Manvell London: Common Ground Ltd, [1947?]. Call No: 761(410) MAN Author: Manvell, Roger Place: London Publisher: Common Ground Ltd PubDate: [1947?] PhysDes: 24 p. : 27 cm Series: History of the cinema in Europe and America Subject: DOCUMENTARIES: UNITED KINGDOM More info
book		A British film studio at work / by Roger Manvell Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1945?]. Call No: 19EAL MAN Author: Manvell, Roger Place: Oxford Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: [1945?] PhysDes: 12 p. : illus. ; 25 cm Subject: EALING STUDIOS; DEAD OF NIGHT (UK, Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer, 1945) Notes: Reprinted from "Britain To-day", no. 115, November 1945. More info
book		Chaplin / Roger Manvell London: Hutchinson, 1975. Call No: 81CHA MAN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909 Place: London Publisher: Hutchinson PubDate: 1975 PhysDes: xiii, 240 p. ; 23 cm Subject: CHAPLIN, CHARLES Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [227]-230 ISBN: 0091238005 : ª3.50 LON: 75326633; 278988 More info
Levy Collection book		Chaplin / Roger Manvell London: Hutchinson of London, 1975. Author: Manvell, Roger Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Hutchinson of London PubDate: 1975 PhysDes: 240 p; 26 cm ISBN: 0091238005 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
Yet to catalogue book		The cinema : 1951 / edited by Roger Manvell ; associate editor R.K. Neilson Baxter Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1951. Call No: 67(04) CIN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909; Gillett, John; Baxter, R. K. Neilson Place: Harmondsworth, Middlesex Publisher: Penguin Books PubDate: 1951 PhysDes: 224 p. : ill. ; 17 cm Notes: "The second issue of an annual publication which takes the place of the Penguin film review"--Cover; Includes index of film titles, and index of names; Includes list of foreign feature films, compiled by John Gillett LON: 2718939 More info
Yet to catalogue book		The Cinema 1950 / edited by Roger Manvell ; in collaboration with R.K.Neilson-Baxter and H.H.Wollenberg Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1950. Call No: 67(04) CIN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909; Baxter, R. K. Neilson; Wollenberg, H. H. (Hans H.), 1893 Place: Harmondsworth, Middlesex Publisher: Penguin PubDate: 1950 PhysDes: 224 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 18 cm Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes LON: 2685229 More info
book		The cinema 1951 / edited by Roger Manvell ; associate editor R.K. Neilson Baxter Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1951. Call No: 62(04) MAN Author: Manvell, Roger; Neilson Baxter, R.K. Place: Harmondsworth, Middlesex Publisher: Penguin PubDate: 1951 PhysDes: 224 p., [64] p. of plates ; 18 cm Subject: CRITICISM; PERIODICALS, FILM Notes: contains index Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
Yet to catalogue book		The Cinema 1952 / edited by Roger Manvell ; associate editor R.K. Neilson Baxter Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1952. Call No: 67(04) CIN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909; Baxter, R. K. Neilson Place: Harmondsworth, Middlesex Publisher: Penguin PubDate: 1952 PhysDes: 224 p., [60] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 18 cm Notes: Includes indexes LON: 2718938 More info
book		Experiment in the film / edited by Roger Manvell London: Grey Walls Press, 1949. Call No: 771 EXP Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909 Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Grey Walls Press PubDate: 1949 PhysDes: 285 p. : ill., plates ; 23 cm Subject: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS Summary: "In all walks of life experiment precedes and paves the way for practical and widespread development. The Film is no exception, yet although it must be considered one of the most popular forms of entertainment, very little is known by the general public about its experimental side. This book is a collection of essays by the leading experts of all countries on the subject, and it is designed to give a picture of the growth and development of experiment in the Film. Dr. Roger Manvell, author of the Penguin book Film, has edited the collection and contributed a general appreciation. " -- BOOK JACKET Notes: Includes index LON: 1350109 Contents: -- editor's foreword p5 -- experiment in the film: Roger Manvell p13 -- experimental film in France: Jacques B. Brunius, translated by Mary Kesteven p60 -- avant-garde production in America: Lewis Jacobs p113 -- Soviet film: Grigori Roshal: translated by Catherine de la Roche p153 -- Soviet documentary: Roman Karmen, translated by Catherine de la Roche p171 -- expansion of the German and Austrian film: Ernst Iros, translated by Bernard and Moura Wolpert p189 -- avant-garde film in Germany: Hans Richter p219 -- development of film technique in Britain: Edgar Anstey p234 -- experiment in the scientific film: John Maddison p266 -- notes on contributors p275 -- More info
book		Film / Roger Manvell Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1950. Call No: 62 MAN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909 Edition: Further rev Place: Harmondsworth Publisher: Penguin PubDate: 1950 PhysDes: 182 p., [80] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm Series: Pelican book ; A126 Subject: SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA; AESTHETICS; CENSORSHIP; INDUSTRY, FILM; DOCUMENTARY FILMS Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 251-263 LON: abn86084370; 4435368 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 12:39:26 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
book		The film and the public / Roger Manvell Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1955. Call No: 62(081) MAN Author: Manvell, Roger Place: Harmondsworth, Middlesex Publisher: Penguin PubDate: 1955 PhysDes: 352 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm Subject: TELEVISION AND THE CINEMA; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA; INDUSTRY, FILM; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SOUND PERIOD Notes: contains supplements and index Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 1:12:35 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
Yet to catalogue book		Films and the Second World War / by Roger Manvell New York: Dell Publ. Co., 1976, c1974. Call No: 737 MAN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909 Place: New York Publisher: Dell Publ. Co. PubDate: 1976, c1974 PhysDes: 388 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [365]-367 LON: 1415421 More info
book		The history of the British film : 1896-1906 / by Rachael Low and Roger Manvell; based upon research of the History Committee of the British Film Institute [New York]: [Distributed in the United States by Bowker], [1973]. Call No: New Holdings Shelves Author: Manvell, Roger; Low, Rachael Source: US Place: [New York] Publisher: [Distributed in the United States by Bowker] PubDate: [1973] PhysDes: 136 p., [32] p. of plates : illus. ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography and indices; The history of the British film Vol 1 1896-1906 ISBN: 0047910024 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 Contents: Part one : Production, distribution and exhibition - I. Principal film producers before 1906; II. Early film studios; III. Market conditions; IV. Showmanship - Part two : The films themselves - I. Introduction; II. The main types of British film, 1896-1906 - Appendices More info
book		The history of the British film 1896-1906 / by Rachael Low and Roger Manvell ; based upon research of the History Committee of the British Film Institute, Chairman - Cecil Hepworth London: G. Allen & Unwin, [1948]. Call No: 71(41) LOW Author: Low, Rachael; Manvell, Roger, 1909 CorpAuthor: British Film Institute. History Committee Source: UK Place: London Publisher: G. Allen & Unwin PubDate: [1948] PhysDes: 136 p., [32]p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm Subject: MOTION PICTURES - GREAT BRITAIN; UNITED KINGDOM Summary: "The first volume of Rachael Low's famous history covers the first ten formative and pioneering years of the British cinema. In 1946, fifty years after the appearance of the cinema as a regular form of public entertainment in Great Britain, the British film remained conspicuously unchronicled; and so to remedy the deficiency the British Film Institute set up a Research Committee under the chairmanship of the veteren film producer Cecil Hepworth, consisting of producer George Pearson, Ernest Lindgren, Curator of the National Film Library, Roger Manvell and Rachael Low. This volume is the product of their research. The first part of the book traces the growth of the British film industry from its earliest days, including details of production, distribution and exhibition, market conditions, showmanship and early film studios. The second part describes the films of the period, including actuality and topical films, travelogues, vaudeville, comedy, drama, panorama and trick films, as well as the development of film art and contemporary technique. Included are interviews and correspondance with many of the early film pioneers then still alive, extracts from film journalism and catalogues of the period, a record of the first public exhibitions and performances, and one hundred illustrations featuring posters, portraits, studios, travelling cinemas and a unique selection of early stills. After many years our of print, this volume is now re-issued with a new jacket to match the later volumes and will be welcomed by the many film fans, students and libraries who have neergetically campaigned for its re-release. " -BOOK JACKET Notes: Includes bibliography: p. 28, and indexes ISBN: 0 04 791002 4 LON: 3066119 Contents: --PART ONE -- PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION -- 1: Principal film producers before 1906 -- the producers -- autoscope co. -- bamforth & co., ltd -- british mutoscope & biograph co. ltd -- charles urban trading co. -- esme collins -- clarendin film co. -- cricks & sharp -- gaumont & co. ltd -- haggar & sons -- hepworth manufactoring co. -- mitchell & kenyon -- northern photographic works, ltd-- paul's animatograph works, ltd -- sheffield photo co. -- warwick trading co. -- walturdaw co. ltd -- williamson's kinematographic co. ltd -- 2: Early film studios -- 3: Market conditions -- 4: Showmanship -- PART TWO: THE FILMS THEMSELVES -- 1: introduction 2: the main types of british film, 1896-1906 -- actualities -- interest films -- topical films -- panoramic films and travelogues -- vaudeville -- trick films -- comedy --drama -- APPENDICES More info
book		Ingmar Bergman, an appreciation / Roger Manvell New York: Arno Press, 1980. Call No: 81BER MAN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909 Place: New York Publisher: Arno Press PubDate: 1980 PhysDes: 114 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm Series: Dissertations on film 1980 Subject: BERGMAN, INGMAR Notes: "This study ... originated in the Whidden lectures ... at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in January 1976."; Bibliography: p. [104]-106; Filmography: p. 107-114 ISBN: 040512936X LON: 79006697; 1674198 More info
book		The living screen : background to the film and television / by Roger Manvell London: George C. Harrap, 1961. Call No: 63 MAN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909 Place: London Publisher: George C. Harrap PubDate: 1961 PhysDes: 192 p., [16] p. of plates. : ill. ; 21 cm Subject: TELEVISION AND THE CINEMA; INDUSTRY, FILM; INDUSTRY, TV.; AUDIENCES Notes: Subtitle on cover: What goes on in films and television LON: abn87037476; 5051125 More info
Yet to catalogue book		Movie parade, 1888-1949 : a pictorial survey of world cinema / [by] Paul Rotha and Roger Manvell. [Prepared in collaboration with the British Film Academy London New York: Studio Publications, [1950]. Call No: 70 ROT Author: Rotha, Paul; Manvell, Roger Place: London New York Publisher: Studio Publications PubDate: [1950] PhysDes: 160 p. : illus. ; 29 cm Notes: A revision of Movie parade, by Paul Rotha, published 1936 LON: 1376936 More info
Old collection book		New cinema in Britain / Roger Manvell London: Studio Vista, 1969. Call No: 71(41) MAN Author: Manvell,.Roger Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Studio Vista PubDate: 1969 PhysDes: 160 p. : ill. ; 19 cm Subject: UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED KINGDOM. 1960's Summary: Post World War 2 British cinema up to the late 60's is looked at in, with a focus on the more 'advanced' or 'experimental' films of the 1960's. More info
book		New cinema in Europe London New York: Studio Vista Dutton, [1966]. Call No: 71(4) MAN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909 Place: London New York Publisher: Studio Vista Dutton PubDate: [1966] PhysDes: 160 p. front., illus. 19 cm Subject: EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; BERGMAN, INGMAR LON: 663120 More info
book		Shakespeare and the film / Roger Manvell London: Dent, 1971. Call No: 753SHA MAN Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909 Place: London Publisher: Dent PubDate: 1971 PhysDes: xvi, 172 p., 48 p. of plates : ill Subject: ADAPTATIONS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM LON: bnb46003944; 1935338 More info
journal article		Vittorio De Sica : Umberto D and Shoeshine in Montage (1967) iss.1 p.16 Author: Kael, Pauline and Manvell, Roger PhysDes: Review Subject: DE SICA, VITTORIO; UMBERTO D. (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1952); SCIUSCIA (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1946); NEOREALISM Summary: Two separate reviews from other published works. 1. Review of "Umberto D" with regard to neorealist film, by Roger Manvell in "Film and the Public". 2. Brief review of "Sciusca" ("Shoeshine"), by Pauline Kael in "I lost it at the Movies". More info
book		What is a film? / Roger Manvell London: Macdonald, 1965. Call No: 21 MAN Author: Manvell, Roger Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Macdonald PubDate: 1965 PhysDes: 184 p. ; 19 cm Subject: ANIMATION; FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH; FILM TERMINOLOGY; MUSIC IN FILMS Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		The Year's work in the film / [editor, Roger Manvell] London: Longmans for The British Council, 1950. Call No: 71(41) YEA Author: Manvell, Roger, 1909 Place: London Publisher: Longmans for The British Council PubDate: 1950 PhysDes: 104 [16] p. of plates ; 24 cm Subject: UNITED KINGDOM LON: 5878382 More info

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