Christopher Neame

Rungs on a Ladder (eBook, PDF)

Hammer Films Seen Through a Soft Gauze

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Rungs on a Ladder looks at part of the movie industry from a unique perspective. Christopher Neame, son of director Ronald, started his career (in the early 1960s) at the very bottom, but determinedly made his way to the top. Neame fondly recalls his learning years at Bray Studios and beyond. Simply and often amusingly, he recounts his days with Hammer Films and observes many of the characters both in front of and behind the camera-names synonymous with those classic tales of Gothic horror: director Terrence Fisher, producers Anthony Hinds, Michael Carreras and Anthony Nelson Keys, screenwriter/producer Jimmy Sangster, and of course, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Along the way, he encounters those less obviously connected to Hammer like Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Norman Lloyd, and Bette Davis. Never the one to reserve his critical eye for others alone, Neame willingly says mea culpa when deserved. The book begins with his rude awakening to the "string and sealing wax" world of Dracula Prince of Darkness and follows his journey through sixteen subsequent productions including three Frankensteins, The Devil Rides Out (which American distributors thought was going to be a Western!), and a couple of Mummy films. Neame also shares stories of his participation in non-genre ventures like Quatermass and the Pit, The Anniversary, Demons of the Mind and Fear in the Night. Includes 16 pages of photos.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216301837
• Artikelnr.: 75138958

Autorenporträt

Christopher Neame's roots are firmly embedded in the film industry. The grandson of actress Ivy Close and son of director Ronald Neame, Christopher has been responsible for many film and television productions. He is currently producing a stage musical,Courtenay, for which he also wrote the book and lyrics. His second book, A Take on British TV Drama, which concerns the movie industry in television, was published by Scarecrow Press in September 2004.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Principal Characters
Chapter 3 1 What Else?
Chapter 4 2 String and Sealing Wax
Chapter 5 3 The Next Rung
Chapter 6 4 Wow!
Chapter 7 5 BD
Chapter 8 6 No Cowboys!
Chapter 9 7 Egg and Chips
Chapter 10 8 Brainless
Chapter 11 9 Razor Blades and a Hand
Chapter 12 10 Bludlust
Chapter 13 11 Lengthening Shadows
Chapter 14 Afterword
Chapter 15 Appendix: Christopher Neame's Films with Hammer
Chapter 16 Index
Chapter 17 About the Author