Eleanor Halsall Author

Sarah Street is Professor of Film at the University of Bristol, UK. Her publications include Colour Films in Britain: The Negotiation of Innovation 1900-1955 (2012) and Deborah Kerr (2018). She was the Principal Investigator on the ERC Advanced Grant STUDIOTEC (2019-25), collaborating with this book’s co-authors.

Tim Bergfelder is Professor of Film at the University of Southampton, UK. His publications include Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema (2018) and The German Cinema Book (2020).

Richard Farmer is Lecturer in Film and Media at University College London, UK. His publications include The Food Companions: Cinema and Consumption in Wartime Britain, 1939-45 (2011) and Cinema and Cinema-going in Wartime Britain, 1939-45: The Utility Dream Palace (2016).

Eleanor Halsall is a Visiting Academic at the University of Southampton, UK. She has previously contributed to The German Cinema Book (2020) and Die Kamera im Fokus (2024).

Sue Harris is Professor Emerita of Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, UK. Her publications include Bertrand Blier (2001) and An American in Paris (2015).

Morgan Lefeuvre is an independent film historian and lectures at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Her publications include Les Manufactures de nos rêves, les studios de cinéma français dans les années 1930 (2021). She recently undertook a research project on Marcel Pagnol.

Carla Mereu Keating is Honorary Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol, UK. She is the author of The Politics of Dubbing (2016).

Catherine O'Rawe is Professor of Italian Film and Culture at the University of Bristol, UK. Her publications include Stars and Masculinities in Italian Cinema (2014) and The Non-Professional Actor: Italian Neorealist Cinema and Beyond (2024).