Invictawood: The Story of Kent and the Silver Screen. This item is unavailable.Invictawood: The Story of Kent and the Silver Screen

Did you know that Laurel and Hardy, Audrey Hepburn, Naomi Watts and Sydney Greenstreet all have links to Kent? Or that one of the first American film studio's was established and run by a son of Kent? Or that the country has hosted blockbuster films from Diamonds are Forever and The Princess Bride to Wonder Woman and The Avengers (as well as boasting Harry Potter’s Dumbledore)? Or that filmmakers from the birth of cinema onwards have looked to the work of Kent writers for inspiration? Or that the Kent has amassed nineteen Academy Awards? Or, indeed, that the county, including its schools and universities, have produced actors, writers, directors and many other artists who have all played vital roles in the history of cinema (including founding and running film studios)?Invictawood tells the story of cinema, and it does so through detailing the links between the county of Kent and the contribution it has played in shaping that story. Film historian, theorist and academic (and best-selling Amazon author) Dr Mark Fryers (The University of East Anglia, NYU, Greenwich) draws on his teaching and research expertise of Hollywood and the British film industry to take you through the development of film from its early days in Kent to the blockbuster age, for the first time detailed all in one exciting narrative.