Cast
Ian Nathan
Derek Malcolm
Neil Norman
Stephen Armstrong
Crew
Lyndy Saville
Director
Ian Nathan
Writer
Recommended
Info provided by The Movie Database. Watch sources provided by JustWatch.
Queye TV
The Story of British Cinema: The Pioneer Years
Documentary
The Story of British Cinema: The Pioneer Years
2022
1:15
★ 6
🇬🇧
For this informative new one-off, film writer Ian Nathan focuses on the first 60 years of British film, from the invention of cinema and the transition from stage to screen, to the emergence of the studios and the first popular idols. Nathan takes us through the work of leading British film-makers — a talent pool that, like Hollywood’s, benefited from the influx of refugees fleeing Europe — including Alfred Hitchcock, Powell and Pressburger, and many more besides.