{"product_id":"charles-crichton-9781526149954","title":"Charles Crichton","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Crichton is perhaps best remembered as the director of the unlikely blockbuster hit \u003ci\u003eA Fish Called Wanda\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eHue and Cry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lavender Hill Mob\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Titfield Thunderbolt\u003c\/i\u003e. Nonetheless, as this pioneering study of Crichton’s work reveals, his filmmaking skills extended way beyond comedy to wartime dramas and \u003ci\u003efilm noir\u003c\/i\u003e, and his adaptability served him well when he made the transition into primetime television, working on popular shows such as \u003ci\u003eThe Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpace: 1999\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Black Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Veteran critic Quentin Falk runs vigorously through the Ealing icon’s career half-decade by half-decade.'\u003cbr\u003eTotal Film\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Falk bases his study on academic accounts, memoirs, autobiographies, private correspondence with the Crichton family, copious use of reviews and the range of interviews with industry personnel one might expect from a former editor of \u003ci\u003eScreen International\u003c\/i\u003e, including Falk’s own 1987 interview with Crichton for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e... An authoritative and perceptive account.' \u003cbr\u003eThe Journal of British Cinema and Television\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Cutting for Korda: 1932–35\u003cbr\u003e2 Cutting for Korda: 1936–40\u003cbr\u003e3 The forties: Enter Ealing, 1940–45\u003cbr\u003e4 The forties: 1946–49\u003cbr\u003e5 The fifties: 1950–54\u003cbr\u003e6 The fifties: Exit Ealing, 1954–59\u003cbr\u003e7 The sixties: 1960–64\u003cbr\u003e8 The sixties: 1965–69\u003cbr\u003e9 The seventies: Downsizing\u003cbr\u003e10 The eighties: Ealing Regained\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041014710615,"sku":"9781526149954","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526149954.jpg?v=1750948601","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/charles-crichton-9781526149954","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}