{"product_id":"it-always-rains-on-sunday-paperback","title":"It Always Rains on Sunday - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynda Nead\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Hamer's 'Dark Ealing'\u003ci\u003e It Always Rains on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e (1947) is a claustrophobic domestic melodrama, combining elements of film noir and gritty realism, in the story of a frustrated housewife, Rose Sandigate (Googie Withers), who rekindles a former love affair with an escaped convict, Tommy Swann (John McCallum). Praised by critics upon its release, the film came during a time when Britain had barely begun to recover from World War II and depicted an East End of bombsites, rationing and uneasy gender relations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLynda Nead's insightful study argues that Hamer's film captures the mood and experience of post-war Britain in a uniquely visceral style. Examining its intensely dramatic evocation of London's East End, with its crowded terraced homes, constant rain and bleak cold, she unpacks the factors that contribute to the film's atmosphere and the moment of its making: its detailed composition of exteriors and interiors; its representation of women and female desire; and its depiction of men, the husbands, spivs and criminals of this tale of East End streets.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynda Nead \u003c\/b\u003eis Visiting Professor of History of Art at The Courtauld, London, UK, Her books include: \u003ci\u003eVictorian Babylon: People, Streets and Images in Nineteenth-Century London\u003c\/i\u003e (2000); \u003ci\u003eThe Haunted Gallery: Painting, Photography, Film c. 1900\u003c\/i\u003e (2008); \u003ci\u003eThe Tiger in the Smoke: Art and Culture in Post-war Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eThe Female Nude: Art, Obscenity and Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eBritish Blonde: Women, Desire and the Image in Post-war Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 7.49 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57219668345137,"sku":"9781839026942","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/KJ5ZEP-3wv9781839026942.webp?v=1793375507","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/it-always-rains-on-sunday-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}