ABSTRACT
In one highly significant respect the situation which developed in the late 1940s differed from that of the late 1930s. Acute disappointment was felt on both occasions over unfulfilled hopes and wasted opportunities. But before the war Hollywood was producing so many first-class films that British films, even those of fine quality, had difficulty in procuring an adequate number of showings. But by 1950 it was not only the British who were flagging. So were the Americans.
