Foreword / James Dearden and Simon Relph -- Introduction. 'Two on a Tandem'? Dearden and Relph: Authorship and British Cinema -- 1. Apprenticeship and Beyond: Comedy Traditions and Film Design -- 2. The Formative Period: The War Years and the Ethos of Ealing -- 3. Dramas of Masculine Adjustment I: Tragic Melodramas -- 4. Dramas of Masculine Adjustment II: Men in Action -- 5. Dramas of Social Tension and Adjustment -- 6. Ethical Dilemmas -- 7. The International Years -- Appendix. 'Inside Ealing': Michael Relph.