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Explores the reasons behind British cinema's failure to create its own stars. The text looks at the way theatre and music hall spawned their stars, and asks why so many of them found the transition to film so awkward. It compares the British star system with that of Hollywood.

A survey of the ways in which women have been represented in British cinema from the 1930s to the end of the 20th century. Using archive and interview material, it analyzes the input women have had on the industry, and charts the difficulties they encountered and the successes they achieved.