Forever Ealing

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'Everythins about Ealins was defiantly small, and Slorified the small at the expense of the bis, the conventional, the pompous.' Thus Peter Ustinov, in his introduction to this book, defines the unique appeal of the films made at this sreat British studio in the 1940s and 1950s. Under the firm suidance of SirMichael Balcon, Ealing in its heyday produced such classic comedies as Passport to Pimlico, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Whisky Galore and The Lavender Hill Mob, asweW as zxceWent dramas including Scott of the Antarctic and The Cruel Sea. Stars of the calibre of Sir Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Alistair Sim and Jack Hawkins gave some of their most notable performances there.
This first comprehensive histor/of Ealing, The Studio with the Team Spirit' is written with persuasive skill and insight by Sunday Times Journalist George Perr/, and illustrated with a magnificent collection of film stills. Forever Eai ins \s an entertaining and evocative record of a richly creative... Tovább

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'Everythins about Ealins was defiantly small, and Slorified the small at the expense of the bis, the conventional, the pompous.' Thus Peter Ustinov, in his introduction to this book, defines the unique appeal of the films made at this sreat British studio in the 1940s and 1950s. Under the firm suidance of SirMichael Balcon, Ealing in its heyday produced such classic comedies as Passport to Pimlico, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Whisky Galore and The Lavender Hill Mob, asweW as zxceWent dramas including Scott of the Antarctic and The Cruel Sea. Stars of the calibre of Sir Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Alistair Sim and Jack Hawkins gave some of their most notable performances there.
This first comprehensive histor/of Ealing, The Studio with the Team Spirit' is written with persuasive skill and insight by Sunday Times Journalist George Perr/, and illustrated with a magnificent collection of film stills. Forever Eai ins \s an entertaining and evocative record of a richly creative period in British cinema histor/.
'Ealing's contribution to the hey-d^of British films was unique and this book records it faithfully and interestingly' Sir Alec Guinness
' couldn't be better-timed Well-researched, fact-filled, heavily illustrated ' AlexanderWalker, The Standard
'Mr Perr/ has come up with a book saturated in a very rare quality among cinema books, the quality of charm. The documentation is exhaustive but never exhausting, the black-and-white illustrations are exactly right for the subject, and there is a feel about the work as a whole that nobody is ever going to tackle the subject more effectively • ¦ a definitive work on a deserving subject.' Benny Green, Book Buyer
'This splendid book Mr Perr/covers the lot here, outlining the plots and discussing their worth, with scenes from the pictures on almost ever/ page.' T.E.B. Clarke, Punc/7 Vissza