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Article: The Boulting Brothers and the contemporary British film industry.(Biography)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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THE death last year of Roy Boulting saw the passing of one of the more singular and successful of British film making partnerships. Roy and his twin brother John wrote, produced, and directed a string of features, from before World War Two to the end of the nineteen sixties. Encompassing drama, thriller, documentary, and comedy, the Boulting Brothers established a name for themselves as filmmakers with a particularly British flavour, heading up the production and distribution company British Lion, whilst showing enough pragmatism to make their peace with the Hollywood mainstream.
Despite their solidly middle-class roots, the Boultings offered an example of how ...
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