{"product_id":"the-metropolitan-police-and-the-british-film-industry-1919-1956-public-relations-collaboration-and-control-paperback","title":"The Metropolitan Police and the British Film Industry, 1919-1956: Public Relations, Collaboration and Control - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Rock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking book investigates the murky relationship between the Metropolitan Police Press Bureau and the British film industry, shedding new light on police-media relations. Beginning with the culture of suppression during the interwar period, when retired police inspectors were threatened with loss of pension should they become involved with the film industry, the relationship shifted when a forgotten pioneer of public relations, Percy Fearnley, was appointed to the role of Metropolitan Police Public Information Officer in 1945. Fearnley was the first-ever journalist to take up this role and, through him, the Metropolitan Police embarked on a series of collaborations with the highest echelons of postwar British cinema, including J. Arthur Rank, Ealing Studios and Gainsborough Studios. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing newly-declassified internal Metropolitan Police and Home Office correspondence, Alexander Charles Rock tells the story of the Metropolitan Police's project to manipulate the British film industry into producing propaganda under the guise of mainstream entertainment cinema. In doing so he offers a radical re-reading of the context of production of a number of canonical British films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Lamp \u003c\/i\u003e(1950), \u003ci\u003eI Believe In You\u003c\/i\u003e (1952) and \u003ci\u003eStreet Corner\u003c\/i\u003e (1953).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Charles Rock\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of Commercial and Operations at Derby Museums, UK. He has published on the history of independent cinema, policing London's cinemas during World War I and local film censorship. His writing has featured in \u003ci\u003ePost Script\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEarly Popular Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344380846387,"sku":"9781350295124","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/LDR-X_Jk1-9781350295124.webp?v=1778725307","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-metropolitan-police-and-the-british-film-industry-1919-1956-public-relations-collaboration-and-control-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}