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Old 08-09-2007, 11:43 AM
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whilst making my occasional trip to the second hand bookshop at our local market
I foound a copy of British Sound Films The studio years 1928-1959 By David Quinlan for a fiver.
do any of you have an thoughts on this book it seems excellent to me.

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whilst making my occasional trip to the second hand bookshop at our local market
I foound a copy of British Sound Films The studio years 1928-1959 By David Quinlan for a fiver.
do any of you have an thoughts on this book it seems excellent to me.
There's an unwritten rule among film and theatre critics that they never include "spoilers" in their reviews. They don't reveal mysteries or name the culprits or otherwise attempt to spoil any enjoyment that the audience will get from it. David Quinlan breaks this rule every chance he gets. This book reveals all and so I never refer to it except for help in labelling films that I've already seen. I will never look up a title that I'm about to watch because its almost guaranteed to spoil my viewing of it.
It's otherwise a fairly good reference book in that it's very complete in listing all the films for the time period. However, the information is actually pretty shallow. Each film only gets a very brief paragraph so all you get is a cast list, a production note or two and a short synopsis that gives away the ending of the film. I use it for labelling and it's also very handy to use as a shopping list. IMDB has proven to be a far better source of this kind of information but I suspect Quinlan may list a few older and more obscure titles that IMDB misses.
If you're after film facts and don't mind having the ending revealed then it's an OK book. If your first objective is to be able to sit back and watch a film as a movie fan then I think you'll find this book frustrating.
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I agree wholeheartedly with JohnB. I would say however, if it's still for sale for a mere fiver...buy it!
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I agree wholeheartedly with JohnB. I would say however, if it's still for sale for a mere fiver...buy it!
.. and of course I overlooked the whole point of Ronald's question! I can't argue with this - for £5 it definitely belongs on your bookshelf
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.. and of course I overlooked the whole point of Ronald's question! I can't argue with this - for £5 it definitely belongs on your bookshelf
Re-reading his posting I think he did buy it!
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The points you make on Quinlan are valid.However bear in mind that IMB often has little information on British films of the 30s so Quinlan still serves a valuable purpose and is well worth purchasing
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