08 022 Money For Speed - Forgotten British Directors of the 1930s

Thu Nov 21 2024 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm UTC+00:00

Room 2S13, Dalhousie Building, Univeristy of Dundee, Old Hawkhill, Dundee DD1 5EN | Dundee

Lifelong Learning Dundee
Publisher/HostLifelong Learning Dundee
08 022 Money For Speed - Forgotten British Directors of the 1930s
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Tutor: Matthew Jarron. 4 weeks. Thursday evenings 6.30-9.00pm. 21st November - 12th December Class size: 25 max.
About this Event

Booking will close on Monday 18th November 2024 at 12 noon

Due to limited resources we are UNABLE TO ACCEPT LATE BOOKINGS after this date

Money for Speed - Forgotten British Directors of the 1930s

Thursday evenings 6.30 - 9.00pm for 4 weeks 21st November - 12th December 2024.

This course will be held in Room 2S13, Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, Dundee DD1 5EN

In the 1930s the British film industry was at its most prolific, with new quota regulations guaranteeing more feature film production than ever before. The most ambitious studios, such as Gaumont-British and London Films, attempted to rival Hollywood with lavish dramas and musical comedies. At the other end of the scale, many smaller studios churned out ultra-low budget ‘quota quickies’, which still provided a great training ground for new talent. In this new course we will profile four important directors from this period that deserve to be better known – John Baxter (the Ken Loach of the 1930s, an extraordinary auteur of working-class drama), Victor Saville (elegant director of lavish musicals and sumptuous melodrama), Robert Stevenson (a master of high-spirited action adventure) and Bernard Vorhaus (the maestro of the quota quickie). The course will be illustrated with numerous extracts and complete feature films.

Tutor: Matthew Jarron

Matthew is Curator of Museum Services at the University of Dundee, looking after a collection of over 30,000 objects, artworks and specimens and running the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, the Tayside Medical History Museum, and the exhibition programme in the Tower Foyer & Lamb Galleries. He also has a lifelong passion for cinema and has taught film history evening classes in Dundee since 2001.

Comments from Matthew's cinema courses 2023/24 :

"Good course, well organised and informative and presented extremely well once again. Really enjoyed this".

"Another excellent and fun course from Matthew Jarron".

"A fantastic course. Matthew is amazing, so much knowledge".

"Thoroughly enjoyed the course".

"Course was enjoyable due to Matthew Jarron's preparation and presentation".


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Room 2S13, Dalhousie Building, Univeristy of Dundee, Old Hawkhill, Dundee DD1 5EN, Old Hawkhill, Dundee, United Kingdom

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GBP 32.00 to GBP 40.00

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