Straight from the horse's mouth : Ronald Neame, an autobiography / Ronald Neame, with Barbara Roisman Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neame, Ronald

Contributor:

Roisman Cooper, Barbara, 1941-

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Filmmakers series ; no. 98.

Filmmakers series ; no. 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neame, Ronald.

Motion picture actors and actresses--Great Britain.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States.

Cinematographers--United States--Biography.

Cinematographers.

Cinematographers--Great Britain--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Campus eBookstore Inc - CEI, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now in Paperback! 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

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Foreword by Michael Caine; Foreword by Alan Parker; Introduction; 1: Miss World; 2: Blackmail; 3: Beryl; 4: The Elstree Fire; 5: Quota Quickies; 6: Major Barbara; 7: Noël Coward; 8: Cineguild; 9: Hollywood; 10: Expectations; 11: The Academy; 12: Take My Life; 13: Passionate Friends; 14: Crashing on Regardless; 15: The Magic Box; 16: The Card; 17: The Million Pound Note; 18: The Man Who Never Was; 19: Windom's Way; 20: Alec Guinness; 21: Tunes if Glory; 22: Judy Garland; 23: Ron-Pon; 24: Mister Moses; 25: Gambit

26: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie27: Scrooge; 28: The Poseidon Adventure; 29: Losses and Gains; 30: Walter Matthau; 31: Donna; Appendix A: The Films of Ronald Neame; Appendix B: Awards and Honors; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes filmography (pages 282-283).

Print Version Record.

ISBN:

979-88-8183-880-5

979-82-16-28923-4

1-299-38767-5

1-4616-7142-6

OCLC:

855502845