BRIEF ENCOUNTER
REFERENCE BOOKS

BE-B1 STILL LIFE (from TONIGHT AT 8:30), Noel Coward, Samuel French

BE-B2 THE PENGUIN FILM REVIEW #4, “BRIEF ENCOUNTER”, David Lean, October 1947.

BE-B3 PROGRESS OF BRITISH FILMS 1946-47, article Brief Encounter: The Story Of A Film, photo from Great Expectations, bio of Anthony Wager

BE-B4 THE MOVIES, A PICTURE QUIZ BOOK, Dover Publishing, 1972 (BRIEF ENCOUNTER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS)+ 2 stills

BE-B5 MASTERWORKS OF THE BRITISH CINEMA, intro. by John Russell Taylor, Harper and Row Publishers, 1974 (+ screenplay and 14 stills).

BE-B6 RERUNS: 50 MEMORABLE FILMS, Bosley Crowther, G.P. Putnam’s, 1978. discussion of BRIEF ENCOUNTER

BE-B7 GREAT CLASSICS OF THE SILVER SCREEN, Ann Lloyd, Orbis Publishing, 1982; BRIEF ENCOUNTER, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

BE-B8. BRIEF ENCOUNTER, Screenplay by Noel Coward, Lorrimer Publishing, 1984 (+ 14 stills), film tie-in cover

BE-B9 MACMILLAN DICTIONARY OF FILMS AND FILMMAKERS, London, 1984, review by Liam O’Leary, xerox Extract

BE-B10 THE INTERNATIONAL FILM POSTER, Gregory J. Edwards, Salem House, 1985, Brief Encounter Polish poster, See (BE-P11)

BE-B11 TREVOR HOWARD: A GENTLEMAN AND A PLAYER, Vivienne Knight, Mullier, Bond and White, 1986.

BE-B12. CELIA JOHNSON, Kate Fleming, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1991

BE-B13. BRIEF ENCOUNTER, Richard Dyer, British Film Institute, 1993, film tie-in cover (see also BE-B15)

BE-B14. BRIEF ENCOUNTER, Screenplay by Noel Coward, Faber and Faber, Intro by Sheridan Morley, 1999

BE-B15. BRIEF ENCOUNTER, Richard Dyer, British Film Institute, 2nd edition, 2015 (see BE-B13)

BE-B16. THE NEVER-ENDING BRIEF ENCOUNTER, Brian McFarlane, Manchester University Press, 2019

SEE ALSO:

WS-B2 SEVENTY YEARS OF CINEMA, Peter Cowie, Castle Books,1969. reviews of IN WHICH WE SERVE, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

WS-B3 THE NEW YORK TIMES GUIDE TO THE BEST 1000 MOVIES EVER MADE, Vincent Canby and Janet Maslin, Random House, 1999 – reviews of IN WHICH WE SERVE, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, OLIVER TWIST, SUMMERTIME, BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, A PASSAGE TO INDIA

WS-B4 THE CHRONICLE OF THE MOVIES, B. Mitchell Publishing; 1991 – articles on IN WHICH WE SERVE, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, RYAN’S DAUGHTER, A PASSAGE TO INDIA, DAVID LEAN

BS-B2 FILM REVIEW (1945-1946), F. Maurice Speed, Macdonald and Co. – stills of BLITHE SPIRIT, DAVID LEAN, BRIEF ENCOUNTER

HB-B5 BLACKOUT: REINVENTING WOMEN FOR WARTIME BRITISH CINEMA, Antonia Lant, Princeton University Press, 1991. – discussion of IN WHICH WE SERVE, THIS HAPPY BREED, BRIEF ENCOUNTER

GE-B8 FILM CRITICISM AND CARICATURES 19431953, Richard Winnington, Paul Elek, 1975. BRIEF ENCOUNTER (and caricature), GREAT EXPECTATIONS, OLIVER TWIST (and caricature)

GE-B10 FIFTY CLASSIC BRITISH FILMS, Anthony Slide, Dover Publications, 1985, reviews of IN WHICH WE SERVE, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS

HC-B2 THE GREAT BRITISH FILMS, Jerry Vermilye, Citadel Press, 1978. IN WHICH WE SERVE, THIS HAPPY BREED, BLITHE SPIRIT, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, OLIVER TWIST, HOBSON’S CHOICE, RYAN’S DAUGHTER

RD-B1 CINEMA IN BRITAIN, Ivan Butler, Barnes/Tantivy, 1973. reviews of IN WHICH WE SERVE, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, OLIVER TWIST, THE SOUND BARRIER, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, RYAN’S DAUGHTER

DL-B5 PROGRESS OF BRITISH FILMS, Part 1, McKenzie, Vincent & Co., 1947; bios of David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame; articles on THIS HAPPY BREED and BRIEF ENCOUNTER

DL-B33 ON LOCATION – THE FILM FAN’S GUIDE TO BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Brian Pendreigh, Mainstream Pub. 1995. Discusses film locations for: Great Expectations, Brief Encounter, Lawrence of Arabia, and Ryan’s Daughter.

NC-B1. COWARD ON FILM: The Cinema Of Noel Coward, Barry Day, Scarecrow Press, 2005. discussion of IN WHICH WE SERVE, THIS HAPPY BREED, BLITHE SPIRIT, BRIEF ENCOUNTER