Denis Gifford

Gifford, Denis.

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Denis Gifford was a writer, broadcaster, journalist, comic artist and historian of film, comics, television and radio. Gifford wrote, and drew, and collected British comics. He contributed to radio and television programs; and directed several short films. He wrote more than fifty books on the creators, performers, characters and history of popular media, some of which capture the history of film and comics in Britain, accounts from people who worked in those media, and lost films, titles, and uncredited creators. He created detailed filmographies of every fiction, non-fiction and animated film ever released in Britain, and of early animated films in the U.S., and the first catalogue that listed every comic published in the UK.

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The British film catalogue
Representative edition published 2001
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Entertainers in British films
Representative edition published 1998
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Books and Plays in Films, 1896-1915
Representative edition published 1991
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Christmas Comic Posters
Representative edition published 1991
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American animated films
Representative edition published 1990
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American comic strip collections, 1884-1939
Representative edition published 1990
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The Best of "Eagle" Annual, 1951-59
Representative edition published 1989
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The Comic Art of Charlie Chaplin
Representative edition published 1989
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The Great Cartoon Stars
Representative edition published 1988
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The international book of comics
Representative edition published 1988
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British animated films, 1895-1985
Representative edition published 1987
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Encyclopedia of comic characters
Representative edition published 1987
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The British Film Catalogue 1895-1985
Representative edition published 1986
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The British film catalogue, 1895-1985
Representative edition published 1986
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The complete catalogue of British comics including price guide
Representative edition published 1985
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The golden age of radio
Representative edition published 1985
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The illustrated who's who in British Films
Representative edition published 1978
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Chaplin (The Movie makers)
Representative edition published 1977
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Monsters of the movies
Representative edition published 1977
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Victorian Comics
Representative edition published 1976
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The British comic catalogue, 1874-1974
Representative edition published 1975
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Chaplin
Representative edition published 1974
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A Pictorial History of Horror Movies
Representative edition published 1973
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Karloff
Representative edition published 1973
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