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03658aam a2200373 i 4500 001 1D84F01EBFA611ECA5AD8FDE3CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220419010024 008 201204t20212021enka bq 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781526149954 020 $a 1526149958 035 $a (OCoLC)1225288136 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d CDX $d OCLCO $d PAU $d CUV $d OCLCQ $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a PN1998.3.C746 $b F35 2021 082 04 $a 791.4302/33092 $2 23 100 1 $a Falk, Quentin, $e author. 245 10 $a Charles Crichton / $c Quentin Falk. 264 1 $a Manchester : $b Manchester University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xii, 271 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 23 cm 490 1 $a British film makers 520 $a "The career of Charles Crichton is one of the most remarkable in British film history. Starting as an editor for Alexander Korda in the 1930s, he went on to direct several much-loved Ealing comedies, including 'The Lavender Hill Mob', 'Hue and Cry' and 'The Titfield Thunderbolt', before moving into television work in the 1960s. At the age of seventy-seven he made a sensational return to film with 'A Fish Called Wanda', an international box-office hit that was nominated for multiple Academy Awards. This is the first book to offer a full account of Crichton's career, which can be seen as a microcosm of the British film industry itself. It shows that, rather than being an out-of-control comedy director, Crichton was a tremendously versatile filmmaker, whose skills extended to wartime dramas and film noir. This adaptability was to serve him well when the indigenous industry began to falter at the end of the 1950s, allowing him to make a smooth transition into primetime television, where he worked on such popular shows as 'The Avengers', 'Space : 1999' and 'The Adventures of Black Beauty;'. The unlikely success of 'A Fish Called Wanda', which Crichton co-wrote with John Cleese, brought him briefly back into the limelight, but he continued working to the end, directing droll corporate training films for Cleese's Video Arts company. 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."--Taken from back cover 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263), filmography (pages 251-260) , and index. 505 00 $t Memories of a mentor -- $t Series editors' foreword -- $g Index. $t Introduction -- $g 1. $t Cutting for Korda : 1932-35 -- $g 2. $t Cutting for Korda : 1936-40 -- $g 3. $t The forties : Enter Ealing, 1940-45 -- $g 4. $t The forties : 1946-49 -- $g 5. $t The fifties : 1950-54 -- $g 6. $t The fifties : Exit Ealing, 1954-59 -- $g 7. $t The sixties : 1960-64 -- $g 8. $t The sixties : 1965-69 -- $g 9. $t The seventies : Downsizing -- $g 10. $t The eighties : Ealing regained -- $g Appendix 1. $t An attitude to direction -- $g Appendix 2. $t Memories of a mentor -- $g Filmography -- $g Selected bibliography -- $g Index. 600 10 $a Crichton, Charles, $d 1910-1999 $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Motion picture producers and directors $z Great Britain. 650 7 $a Motion picture producers and directors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027225 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Ebook version : $z 9781526149947 830 0 $a British film makers. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117030457.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1D84F01EBFA611ECA5AD8FDE3CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search