Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain

For nearly 100 years, Hollywood has provided not only the majority, but also the most popular of films shown on British Screens. For many Britons, Hollywood films are not considered to be foreign films. Whether seen in the cinema or on television, they are regarded as normal screen fare and a part of everyday life. Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain is the first book to take a wide ranging view of this phenomenon and to explore the impact of American films on their audiences...
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For nearly 100 years, Hollywood has provided not only the majority, but also the most popular of films shown on British Screens. For many Britons, Hollywood films are not considered to be foreign films. Whether seen in the cinema or on television, they are regarded as normal screen fare and a part of everyday life. Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain is the first book to take a wide ranging view of this phenomenon and to explore the impact of American films on their audiences and the reception of them by these audiences from early days to the present. Mark Glancy investigates Hollywood's ability to appeal to British filmgoers, as well as its ability to alienate, enrage and amuse them across films ranging from The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1922) to The Patriot (2000).