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Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: [EIGHTY FOUR] 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD (US, David Jones, 1987)
Summary: Review; Credits

Author: McFarlane, Brian

Call No: 71(94) MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian, 1934
Place: London
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
PubDate: 1987
PhysDes: 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; GENDER AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA
Notes: Australian cinema films,. 1970-1985 (BNB/PRECIS); Includes index; Bibliography: p. 226
ISBN: 0436270234 (cased) : ¦12.95; 0436270226 (pbk) : ¦7.95
LON: bnb43627023; 4517972

Author: McFarlane, Brian
Source: AU
Place: Richmond, Victoria
Publisher: William Heinemann Australia
PubDate: 1987
PhysDes: 237 p. : ill., 24 cm
ISBN: 0855610689
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006

Call No: 80(41) MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian, 1934
Place: London
Publisher: Methuen
PubDate: 1997
PhysDes: xvi, 656 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: UNITED KINGDOM; DIRECTORS. UK; ACTORS. UK
Notes: Bibliography: p. 635-636
ISBN: 041370520X; 041370520X
LON: abn96313902; 12689723

Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: INTERNO BERLINESE (IT/GW, Lilliana Cavani, 1985)
Summary: Review

Call No: 730.2(41) CHI
Author: Anderson, Rona (foreword); Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
PubDate: 2009
PhysDes: x, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: B-MOVIES; HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1950's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1960's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. UK
Summary: "The British 'B' Film is the first book to provide an in-depth account of what 'B' films were like, how they came to be made, and how they were received. The careers of many notable actors, directors and oter film-makers were launched in these unpretentious but often very entertaining films that ran for roughly an hour before the cinema 'interval'. Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane's carefully researched study traces the storyof 'B' film production in Britain, from World War 2 to the late 1960s, providing a fresh perspective on the 'B' movie phenomenon , both as artefact and as industry product, as well as highlighting what such films tell us about the changing times in which they were made." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9781844573196
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- foreword -- preface -- 1. Big Ships and Little Ships: The Bs at War -- 2. 'What's on with it?': The Rise and Fall of the Bs -- 3. The 'B' Factories: Companies, Studios and Producers -- 4. Behind the Scenes -- 5. On the Screen -- 6. The Men from the Yard -- 7. Britain in the Bs -- 8. The Best of the Bs -- Appendix: Revolving Bs: British Second Features on the Gaumont British, Odeon and Rank Circuits --

Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: COMRADES (UK, Bill Douglas, 1987)

Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: COOLANGATTA GOLD, THE (AT, Igor Auzins, 1984)
Summary: Review

Call No: 81WIT MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian
Source: AT
Place: Clayton, Victoria
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
PubDate: [2015]
PhysDes: xiii, 241 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Subject: MCCALLUM, JOHN; WITHERS, GOOGIE
Summary: Not many can boast of careers that lasted successfully for nearly 70 years, but that is what was achieved by Australian actors Googie Withers and John McCallum. Withers acted everything, from brazen murderesses to Lady Bracknell, as well as a broad range of everyman characters, such as blonde nitwits, wartime Resistance workers, lady farmers, and Shakespearean women. McCallum not only performed memorably in all the acting media, but he was also a pioneer producer in Australian television, sending the popular series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo into the far corners of the world. He was also the managing director of a huge theatrical firm, a film director, a playwright, and an author. Just as remarkable was their 62-year marriage, not all that common in the entertainment world, and the way their marriage succeeded is as fascinating as their varied and prolific careers. There were plenty of disagreements along the way, but underlying all was their profound respect for each other's work and a kind of love that was essentially complementary. Together, in professional and personal matters alike, Googie Withers and John McCallum were an unbeatable combination
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1.Googie -- 2.John -- 3.John and Googie and Joanna Godden -- 4.A very busy couple -- 5.Heading south -- 6.Interlude -- 7.Going south -- and staying there (more or less) -- 8.New directions -- 9.Small screens and large stages -- 10.Commuting -- 11.Winding up

Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 03:71(41) MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian
Edition: Fourth ed
Place: Manchester
Publisher: Manchester University Press
PhysDes: xxx, 885 pages ; 26 cm
Subject: BRITAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; MCFARLANE, BRIAN
Summary: With well over 6,300 articles, this fourth edition of The Encyclopedia of British Film is a fully updated invaluable reference guide to the British film industry. It is the most authoritative volume yet, stretching from the inception of the industry to the present day, with minute listings of the producers, directors, actors and studios behind a century or so of great British cinema. Brian McFarlane and Anthony Slide's meticulously researched guide is the definitive companion for anyone interested in the world of film. Previous editions have sold many thousands of copies and this fourth edition, with an introduction by Philip French, will be an essential work of reference for enthusiasts interested in the history of British cinema, and for universities and libraries. -- Book jacket
ISBN: 9780719091391
Donation: Brian McFarlane

Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: GLENN MILLER STORY, THE (US, Anthony Mann, 1954)
Summary: Short review

Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: HOPE AND GLORY (UK, John Boorman, 1987)
Summary: review

Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: JANE AUSTEN IN MANHATTEN (UK/US, James Ivory, 1980)
Summary: Review

Author: McFarlane, Brian
Subject: KING DAVID (US, Bruce Beresford, 1985)
Summary: Review of 'King David'; Credits

Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: LETTER TO BREZHNEV (UK, Chris Bernhard, 1985)
Summary: Review of 'A letter to Brezhnev' (Credits)

Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: INDECENT OBSESSION, AN (AT, Lex Marinos, 1985)
Summary: Review; Credits

Call No: 79 BRI MCF
Author: Mcfarlane, Brian
Edition: 2019
Place: Manchester
Publisher: Manchester University Press
PubDate: 2019
PhysDes: xii,120 pages : illus ; 24 cm
Subject: BRIEF ENCOUNTER (UK, David Lean, 1945); BRIEF ENCOUNTER (UK/US, Alan Bridges, 1974)
Summary: This is a book for all those who have been absorbed and moved by Brief Encounter in the seventy or so years since its first appearance. It explores the central relationship of the film, where two people who fall unexpectedly in love come to realise that there is more to life than self-gratification. Mores have undoubtedly changed, for better or worse, but that essential moral choice has never lost its power. While acknowledging this, the book goes further in an effort to account for the way the film has passed into the wider culture. People born decades after its first appearance are now adept at picking up references to it, whether a black-and-white scene in a much later film or a passing joke about a bald man in a barber's shop. -- publisher's web site
ISBN: 9781526124401
Donation: Donated by the author
Contents: Introduction / 1 Predecessors / 2 Brief Encounter in 1945 / 3 In the wake / 4 Descendants - on radio, stage and screen / 5 Quotations / 6 Echoes / 7 From big screen to small - and elsewhere / 8 Odds and ends / 9 What is it about railway stations? / Conclusion / Index

Call No: 408.3(94) MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian, 1934; Mayer, Geoff
Place: Cambridge [England] Melbourne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
PubDate: 1992
PhysDes: xiii, 259 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [244]-246
ISBN: 0521383633 : price unknown; 052138768X (pbk.)
LON: abn91280477; 8338316 9673120
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Call No: 753 MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian, 1934
Place: Oxford New York
Publisher: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press
PubDate: 1996
PhysDes: viii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: ADAPTATIONS; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA; CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991); SCARLET LETTER, THE (US, Victor Sjostrom, 1926); RANDOM HARVEST (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1942); GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946); DAISY MILLER (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1974)
Summary: "'It wasn't as good as the book' is a view often expressed about film adaptations and the starting point of many a film review or conversation. Novel to Film is the first systematic theoretical account of the process by which works of literature are transformed into the good, bad (sometimes ugly) but always distinctive medium of cinema. This book proposes a concise and carefully constructed account of how this metamorphosis may be analysed in depth. Drawing upon modern and literary film theory this book proposes a methodology for considering novels and the films made from them. In the first serious account of its kind, the book begins with a firm theoretical basis for a study of adaptation and then shows how this might be applied to five case studies representing a range of fiction and cinematic practice. The Scarlet Letter, Random Harvest, Great Expectations, Daisy Miller, and Cape Fear are the films, ranging from the silent era to the modern thriller. Uniquely wide ranging, this book provides an important new analysis of a much discussed but little understood topic.' [Taken from BOOK BLURB]
Notes: Filmography: p. [262]-263; Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-274) and index
ISBN: 0198711514 (acid-free paper); 0198711506 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
LON: 12096255

Call No: 71(94) OXF REF
Author: Mayer, Geoff; McFarlane, Brian, 1934; Bertrand, Ina, 1939
Place: Melbourne
Publisher: Oxford University Press
PubDate: 1999
PhysDes: 1 v
Subject: AUSTRALIA; AWARDS. AUSTRALIAN FILM INSTITUTE; CITIES IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. AUSTRALIA; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; FOOD IN FILMS; GENRES. AUSTRALIA; JEWS IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; LOST FILMS. AUSTRALIA; PERIODICALS, FILM. AUSTRALIA; MEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; MELODRAMA. AUSTRALIA; MUSIC, FILM. AUSTRALIA; NARRATIVE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; RACIAL STEREOTYPES IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; RURAL LIFE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; SHORT FILMS. AUSTRALIA; WAR AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; MCCALLUM, JOHN; MILLER, NATALIE; NEVIN, ROBYN; RABE, PAMELA; RUSH, GEOFFREY; TINGWELL, CHARLES (BUD); WILLIAMSON, DAVID; WITHERS, GOOGIE
Notes: Includes index; Bibliography
ISBN: 0195537971
LON: 20072774

Call No: 81MCF MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian
Place: Glen Waverley, Vic.
Publisher: Sid Harta Publishers
PubDate: 2010
Subject: FILM; CINEMAS; MCFARLANE, BRIAN
Summary: "From a little before ten years of age, Brian McFarlane became addicted to stories told on the screen and the mere fact that he had difficulty in getting to see the films he wanted - or any for that matter - only made them seem more alluring. But it wasn't just seeing the films that mattered; he also wanted, and and quite soon needed, to be writing about them and these obsessions have been part of his life for the next sixty-odd years. Real and Reel is a light-hearted, ironic acount of a lifetime's addiction. It is one person's story, but it may strike familiar sparks among many others. Though there have been plenty of other interests to keep life lively, nothing else has exerted such a long-standing grip on the author's imagination as film" -- BOOK SLEEVE
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
ISBN: 9781921642586 (pbk.)
Contents: -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction 1. A very young film critic -- 2. What deprivation can do for you -- 3. City lights -- 4. Back to the bush -- 5. The Great World, sort of -- 6. The importance of being earnest -- 7. Fun in Acapulco (nothing to do with Elvis) - or A man's gotta dream -- 8. Combining business and pleasure -- 9. Getting to know them -- 10. Putting it down and getting it altogether --

Call No: 79GRE MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Methuen Drama: A & C Black Publishers
PubDate: 2008
PhysDes: xx, 186 p. ; 20 cm
Subject: ADAPTATIONS; ADAPTATIONS. DICKENS, CHARLES; CRITICISM; DICKENS, CHARLES; GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946); GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, Joseph Hardy, 1975); GREAT EXPECTATIONS (US, Alfonso Cuaron, 1998)
Summary: " Dickens has been immensely popular with filmmakers and Great Expectations has an unusual hold on the popular imagination. This book addresses in detail numerous adaptations with particular emphasis on the two television serials and four film versions including David Lean's celebrated 1946 classic and a modern re-working starring Gwyneth Paltrow. A fascinating study that is accessibly written from both a literature and film perspective. " -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index
ISBN: 9780713679090
Contents: -- introduction and acknowledgements -- filmography and credits for key films -- part one: literary contexts -- an enduringly popular novel -- part two: from text to screen -- adaptations and extrapolations across the media -- Great Expectations on television -- Great Expectations(1934) : a Hollywood studio romance -- Great Expectations(1975): a musical sans songs -- Great Expectations(1998): from estuary to gulf, to Manhattan and back -- Great Expectations(1946): something like a classic -- part three: the afterlife of Lean's film -- a film of its time - and for other times -- bibliography -- index --

Call No: 80(41) SIX
Author: McFarlane, Brian, 1934
CorpAuthor: British Film Institute; Monash University
Place: London Melbourne
Publisher: BFI Monash University
PubDate: 1992
PhysDes: xii, 260 p. : ports. ; 25 cm
Subject: UNITED KINGDOM; Attenborough, Richard; BALL, VINCENT; BOGARDE, DIRK; BOX, BETTY E.; CRAIG, MICHAEL; FORBES, BRYAN; GILBERT,LEWIS; GORING, MARIUS; GRANGER, STEWART; GUINNESS, ALEC; HAMILTON, GUY; HILLER, WENDY; HOBSON, VALERIE; HORDERN, MICHAEL; Kerr, Deborah; LEE, JACK; LOM, HERBERT; MCCALLUM, JOHN; MCKENNA, VIRGINIA; MILLS, JOHN; NEAME, RONALD; SINDEN, DONALD; SYMS, SYLVIA; TRAVERS, BILL; USTINOV, PETER; WITHERS, GOOGIE; WOOLF, JOHN; ANDERSON, JEAN; ANNAKIN, KEN; ASHERSON, RENEE; BAKER, ROY WARD; BOULTING, ROY; BOX, MURIEL; BRYAN, DORA; BYRON, KATHLEEN; CALVERT, PHYLLIS; CARMICHAEL, IAN; COLE, GEORGE; COLE, SYDNEY; DAVIS, JOHN; DENISON, MICHAEL; GRAY, DULCIE; FARRAR, DAVID; FOWLER, HARRY; FRENCH, HAROLD; GUEST, VAL; HAVELOCK-ALLAN, ANTHONY; HUNTLEY, RAYMOND; JACKSON, GORDON; JACKSON, PAT; JOHN, ROSAMUND; JUSTIN, JOHN; KENT, JEAN; LEACOCK, PHILIP; MILES, BERNARD; OWEN, BILL; PAVLOW, MURIEL; PILBEAM, NOVA; RELPH, MICHAEL; SCOTT, MARGARETTA; SHERIDAN, DINAH; THOMAS, RALPH; TODD, ALAN; TODD, RICHARD; WALSH, KAY
Notes: Includes index
ISBN: 0851703534; 0851703496 (pbk.)
LON: 9302871

Author: McFarlane, Brian
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: British Film Institute
PubDate: 1992
PhysDes: xii, 260 p. : ill., 26 cm
ISBN: 0851703534
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006

Author: McFarlane, Brian
PhysDes: Article
Subject: LUHRMANN, BAZ; AUSTRALIA (AT/US, Baz Luhrmann, 2008)
Summary: Brian McFarlane reviews Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia' and discusses whether Luhrmann has succeeded in his aim of making an epic.

Call No: 71(41) MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian
Source: UK
Place: Manchester
Publisher: Manchester University Press
PubDate: 2015
PhysDes: xii, 272 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 22 cm
Subject: UNITED KINGDOM
Summary: In choosing twenty films, many of them classics of their kind - think of Brief Encounter, The Third Man, Genevieve - as well as some less well-known titles, the author communicates his enthusiasm for the sheer range of British cinema as well as an interest in what has made these films stay in the mind often after many decades
ISBN: 9780719087141
Contents: 1.Ladies on a train: Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938) -- 2.Shaw's Cinderella on screen: Pygmalion (1938) -- 3.Pulling together for The Way Ahead (1944) -- 4.The long-lasting Brief Encounter (1945) -- 5.Two from the Comfort zone: Great Day (1945) and Temptation Harbour (1947) -- 6.It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) -- and other things go wrong too -- 7.The Third Man (1949) and several more -- 8.Genevieve (1953): old cars and `the other thing' -- 9.Double bill: Private Information (1952) and Cash on Demand (1963) -- 10.A Kind of Loving (1962) -- and of living -- 11.The Servant (1963): things fall apart -- 12.Sex, talk, men and Women in Love (1969) -- 13.Hard men: Get Carter (1971) -- 14.From life: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977) -- 15.Alice in the real world: Dreamchild (1986) -- 16.Guests and others at Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)(continued) Contents continued: 17.Families and other disasters: Secrets & Lies (1996) -- 18.In search of Wonderland (1998) -- 19.Giving and taking Last Orders (2002) -- 20.In your face: In the Loop (2009

Author: McFarlane, Brian

Call No: 512.1 VIE
Author: McFarlane, Brian, 1934
Place: Melbourne
Publisher: Longman Cheshire
PubDate: 1992
PhysDes: 88 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographies
ISBN: 0582910544
LON: abn92347605; 9518050

Call No: 753 MCF
Author: McFarlane, Brian, 1934
Place: Richmond, Vic.
Publisher: Heinemann in association with Cinema Papers
PubDate: 1983
PhysDes: vi, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: ADAPTATIONS. AUSTRALIA; WAKE IN FRIGHT (AT, Ted Kotcheff, 1971); PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975); GETTING OF WISDOM, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1977); MANGO TREE, THE (AT, Kevin Dobson, 1977); CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, THE (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1978); MY BRILLIANT CAREER (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1979); MONKEY GRIP (AT, Ken Cameron, 1982); YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982); NIGHT OF THE PROWLER, THE (AT, Jim Sharman, 1978); LUCINDA BRAYFORD [TV] (AT, John Gauci, 1980); OUTBREAK OF LOVE [TV] (AT, Oscar Whitbread, 1981)
Summary: Words and Images is the first Australian book to examine the relationship between literature and film. Taking nine major examples of recent films adapted from Australian novels - including The Getting of Wisdom, My Brilliant Career and The Year of Living Dangerously- he looks at some of the issues in transposing a narrative from one medium to the other. [Taken from BOOK JACKET]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and notes
ISBN: 0858593165 : $14.95 Aust
LON: dup85859316; 2746398

Author: McFarlane, Brian
Source: AT
Place: Richmond, Victoria
Publisher: Heinemann Publishers Australia
PubDate: 1983
PhysDes: vi, 210 p. : ill., 21 cm
ISBN: 0858593165
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006

Author: McFarlane, Brian
Place: Richmond, Vic.
Publisher: Heinemann Publishers Australia
PubDate: 1983
PhysDes: vi, 210 p. : ill, ; 24 cm
Subject: MOTION PICTURES - HISTORY
Notes: contains appendices
ISBN: 0858593165
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006