List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1 'Temporary American Citizens': Audiences and Americanization 2 'For the Purpose of Pleasing Women': British Fan Culture and Rudolph Valentino 3 'Two Countries Divided by a Common Language': The Arrival of the Talkies 4 'Nothing Ever Happened in England': Keeping the Gangsters at Bay 5 'The Minx's Progress': Gone with the Wind as Britain's Favourite War Film 6 'The American Film par excellence': Domesticating the Western 7 'The Sixth Form Was Never Like This': Grease and the American 1950s 8 'With Allies Like These, Who Needs Enemies?': The Patriot and the Cinematic 'special relationship' Bibliography Index
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