This stimulating new study brings together two themes - Anglo-American film culture and the cultural history of masculinities - in a highly original way. Carolyn Owen-King deftly combines extensive primary source research with nuanced readings of performance, demonstrating that there was much more to Colman and Rathbone's stardom than their most popular roles, Bulldog Drummond and Sherlock Holmes. British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema deserves to be afforded major intellectual currency as it prompts us to reconsider our appreciation of popular stardom during the golden age.

James Chapman, Professor of Film Studies, University of Leicester, UK

British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema offers a theoretically astute and historically detailed exploration of Hollywood Britishness. Through its focus on the complex and contested masculinities articulated by transatlantic stars Colman and Rathbone, across a range of films and their intertexts, it offers an enlivening intervention in classical Hollywood history.

Tim Snelson, Associate Professor in Media History, University of East Anglia, UK

British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema is a fascinating and original study of British masculinity, as it was reimagined in Hollywood films. Employing gender theory, rich critical analysis, and archival research, it opens up new ways of studying and understanding important films and film stars.

Mark Glancy, Professor of Film History, Queen Mary University of London, UK