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Straight from the Horse's Mouth
Ronald Neame, an Autobiography
Straight from the Horse's Mouth
Ronald Neame, an Autobiography
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Description
Now in Paperback!
Ronald Neame's autobiography takes its title from one of his best-loved films, The Horse's Mouth (1958), starring Alec Guinness. In an informative and entertaining style, Neame discusses the making of that film, along with several others, including In Which We Serve, Blithe Spirit, Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, Tunes of Glory, I Could Go on Singing, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Scrooge, The Poseidon Adventure, and Hopscotch.
Straight from the Horse's Mouth provides a fascinating, first-hand account of a unique filmmaker, who began his career as assistant cameraman on Hitchcock's first talkie, Blackmail, and went on to direct Maggie Smith, Judy Garland, Walter Matthau, and many other prominent performers. The book includes tales of the on-and-off-the-set antics of comedian George Formby, and original accounts of his experiences working with Noel Coward and David Lean. This is not simply an autobiography, but rather a history of British cinema from the 1920s through the 1960s, and Hollywood cinema from the 1960s through the present.
Aside from Neame's own writing, the book contains original commentary by many of his contemporaries and associates including Alec Guinness, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Shirley MacLaine, Walter Matthau, John Mills and Shelley Winters.
Includes more than 40 photos!
Table of Contents
Part 2 Foreword
Part 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 1 Miss World
Chapter 5 2 Blackmail
Chapter 6 3 Beryl
Chapter 7 4 The Elstree Fire
Chapter 8 5 Quota Quickies
Chapter 9 6 Major Barbara
Chapter 10 7 Noël Coward
Chapter 11 8 Cineguild
Chapter 12 9 Hollywood
Chapter 13 10 Expectations
Chapter 14 11 The Academy
Chapter 15 12 Take My Life
Chapter 16 13 Passionate Friends
Chapter 17 14 Crashing On Regardless
Chapter 18 15 The Magic Box
Chapter 19 16 The Card
Chapter 20 17 The Million Pound Note
Chapter 21 18 The Man Who Never Was
Chapter 22 19 Windom's Way
Chapter 23 20 Alec Guinness
Chapter 24 21 Tunes of Glory
Chapter 25 22 Judy Garland
Chapter 26 23 Ron Pon
Chapter 27 24 Mister Moses
Chapter 28 25 Gambit
Chapter 29 26 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Chapter 30 27 Scrooge
Chapter 31 28 The Poseidon Adventure
Chapter 32 29 Losses and Gains
Chapter 33 30 Walter Matthau
Chapter 34 31 Donna
Part 35 Appendix A: The Films of Ronald Neame
Part 36 Appendix B: Awards and Honors
Part 37 Acknowledgments
Part 38 Index
Product details
Published | 27 Sep 2003 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 1 |
ISBN | 9798216289234 |
Imprint | Scarecrow Press |
Series | The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Ronald Neame's life story reads like a veritable Who's Who of the movie business.
The Director's Guild Of America
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The name Ronald Neame should be a household word...A virtual who's-who history of the film business, here and in England, since the beginning of sound films...it's a book that deserves a read by anyone interested in the endlessly fascinating process of filmmaking, especially those who, like Neame, pursue their passion with class, style and wit.
The Hollywood Reporter
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Both amusing and informative...Cinematographers will delight in the many colorful stories Neame relates about filmmaking in this engaging autobiography, and it's required reading for anyone interested in the history of British film.
American Cinematographer
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Yours is an extraordinary life, and I found the book enthralling. It encompasses so much of our film history, and for you to have mastered three great film crafts, to have worked with Hitch, Coward, Lean, Guinness, Powell, and Pressburger, even Garland and Formby, and to have been responsible for such magnificent films as The Horse's Mouth, Tunes of Glory, and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie places you firmly in the pantheon of great British filmmakers.
George Perry, London Times
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a charming memoir.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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Any career that spans across eight decades is quite an achievement, particularly a career that's been so consistently distinguished and adventurous, a career of such passionate pursuits. More than a career, really-a Life.
Martin Scorsese