British Film-Makers #: Charles Crichton

British Film-Makers #: Charles Crichton
Quentin Falk
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Hardback
h216 x 138mm - 304pg
29 Jun 2021 UK
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9781526149954
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Charles Crichton is perhaps best remembered as the director of the unlikely blockbuster hit A Fish Called Wanda, made when he was seventy-seven years old. But the most significant part of his career was spent at Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 1950s, working on such beloved comedies as Hue and Cry, The Lavender Hill Mob and The Titfield Thunderbolt. Nonetheless, as this pioneering study of Crichton' s work reveals, his filmmaking skills extended way beyond comedy to wartime dramas and film noir, and his adaptability served him well when he made the transition into primetime television, working on popular shows such as The Avengers, Space: 1999 and The Adventures of Black Beauty. Featuring first-hand testimony from colleagues ranging from Dame Judi Dench and Petula Clark to John Cleese and Sir Michael Palin, this riveting account of Crichton' s fascinating life in film will appeal to film scholars and general readers alike.

Charles Crichton

Quentin Falk is an author, critic and former editor of Screen International and Academy, the BAFTA journal. He has published numerous books, among them studies of Anthony Hopkins, Albert Finney and Alfred Hitchcock.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781526149954
Published: 29 Jun 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 304

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