The British monarchy on screen / 
edited by Mandy Merck. 
 - Manchester :  Manchester University Press,  [2016] 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 415 pages) 
 - Knowledge Unlatched .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Mandy Merck -- Part I: Victorian inventions -- 1. 'A Very Wonderful Process': Queen Victoria, photography and film at the fin de siècle / Ian Christie -- 2. Sixty Years a Queen (1913): a lost epic of the reign of Victoria / Jude Cowan Montague -- 3. The heart of a heartless political world: screening Victoria / Steven Fielding -- 4. Walbrook's royal waltzes / James Downs -- Part II: The Elizabethan diva -- 5. Her Majesty moves: Sarah Bernhardt, Queen Elizabeth, and the development of motion pictures / Victoria Duckett -- 6. Elizabeth I: the cinematic afterlife of an early modern political diva / Elisabeth Bronfen and Barbara Straumann -- 7. Queens and queenliness: Quentin Crisp as Orlando's Elizabeth I / Glyn Davis -- Part III: Images of empire -- 8. Renewing imperial ties: The Queen in Australia / Jane Landman -- 9. The King's Speech: an allegory of imperial rapport / Deirdre Gilfedder -- Part IV: Popular participation in royal representation -- 10. The Queen has two bodies: Amateur film, civic culture and the rehearsal of monarchy / Karen Lury -- 11. The regal catwalk: Royal weddings and the media promotion of British fashion / Jo Stephenson -- 12. The Queen on the big screen(s) -- outdoor screens and public congregations / Ruth Adams -- Part V: Television's contested histories -- 13. Television's royal family: continuity and change / Erin Bell and Ann Gray -- 14. The Tudors and the post-national, post-historical Henry VIII / Basil Glynn -- Part VI: Monarchy in contemporary Anglophone cinema -- 15. From political power to the power of the image: Contemporary 'British' cinema and the nation's monarchs / Andrew Higson -- 16. Melodrama, celebrity, The Queen / Mandy Merck -- 17. When words fail: The King's Speech as melodrama / Nicola Rehling -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> A rich collection that looks at how the British monarchy has been seen on film and television. It is the first comprehensive look at royalty on screen. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>152611304X 0719099560 9780719099564 9781526113047 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Queens in motion pictures.<br/>Kings and rulers in motion pictures.<br/>Royal houses--History.--Great Britain<br/>Film theory and criticism.<br/>Film, TV and radio.<br/>Films, cinema.<br/>The arts.<br/>ART--General.<br/>PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--History & Criticism.<br/>Kings and rulers in motion pictures.<br/>Queens in motion pictures.<br/>Royal houses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>film theory & criticism. media and communications. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995.9.Q35