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The Last Bohemian: Brian Desmond Hurst, Irish Film, British Cinema
The Last Bohemian: Brian Desmond Hurst, Irish Film, British Cinema
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offers the first extended, critical evaluation of all of Brian Desmond Hurst's films, reappraising the reputation of a director who was born in 1895 in Belfast and died in Belgravia, London, in 1986. Pettitt skillfully weaves together film analyses, biography, and cultural history with the aim of bringing greater attention to Hurst's qualities as a director and exploring his significance within Irish film and British cinema history between the 1930s and the 1960s.