Description
This gripping biography tells how with extraordinary ambition, enterprise and showmanship, Alexander Korda established in Britain a film industry that rivalled Hollywood, built Europe's biggest studio, and created world-class stars, including Charles Laughton and Vivien Leigh.
About the Author
Charles Drazin's previous books include The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940s and In Search of The Third Man. He lectures on the cinema at Queen Mary, University of London.
Reviews
'In this thorough and jaunty biography, Drazin gives us a masterly portrait.' - Sunday Times; 'An engrossing exegesis of film-making in inter- war Britain and a rounded portrait of what we'd now call an economic migrant who lived profligately, left others poorer and occasionally and enduringly enriched the screen.' - Evening Standard; 'Wry, ruthless and expertly researched.' - Financial Times; '[Drazin] tells his story well. He has enough weapons in his armoury to destroy a few myths. The result is an intriguing narrative.' - Observer; 'Film history rarely has such a deft touch. As with so much, Korda got lucky.' - Times Literary Supplement; 'Thorough and readable.' - Mail on Sunday; 'An engrossing memoir with a scoop story about the film producer's espionage activities' - Books of the Year, Independent
Book Information
ISBN 9781848856950
Author Charles Drazin
Format Paperback
Page Count 424
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 708g