A Paul Rotha Reader Book

Acknowledgements Preface

Context
The Early Years
      Robert Kruger Paul Rotha and the Documentary Films
      Robert Kruger Paul Rotha and Film Theory
      Duncan Petrie
Rotha’s Writing
1. The Art of the Film: Theory and Criticism
    The Development of the Film as a Means of Expression (1930)
    Production—Off the Studio Floor (1929)
    Rhythm—and its Creation (1929)
    The Magnificence of Fairbanks (1930)
    City Lights (1931)
    Earth (1931)
    Pabst (1967)
    Some Principles of Documentary (1935)
    Films of Fact and Fiction (1938)
    Neo-realism: Bicycle Thieves (1950)
    Umberto D (1955)
II. Cinema and Britain: Culture and Industry
    The ‘Unusual’  Film Movement (1940)
    Repertory Film Movement (1931)
    A Museum for Cinema (1930)
    The British Film (1930)
    Korda
        1933 Interview
        1956 Interview
        The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
     The Government and the Film Industry (1945)
     A Plan for British Films (1949)
    The Problem of the Short Film (1966)
III. Film Practice
    The Technique of the Art-Director (1928)
    The Art Director and the Film Script (1930)
    Making Contact 1932–33 (1973)
    Presenting the World to the World (1956)

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