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America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies

by John Howard Reid

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ISBN13: 9781411678774
ISBN10: 141167877x
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What is a mixed movie? A film to which artists of various nationalities contribute. Popular examples are "Land of the Pharaohs," "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Casino Royale" and "The Sundowners." British players like Errol Flynn, Stewart Granger, Rex Harrison and James Mason have always been welcome in Hollywood. Not so well known are the numerous examples of American actors who lent their talents to British films, such as Robert Ayres, Phyllis Kirk, Mona Freeman, Frank Sinatra, Carol Lynley, William Bendix, Russ Tamblyn, William Holden, Raquel Welch, Joan Crawford, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, Alex Nicol, Zachary Scott, and Wayne Morris, to mention but a few such appearances that are detailed in this book.

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rastar, December 11, 2008 (view all comments by rastar)
In my teenage years, I simply assumed that all movies were made in Hollywood. I was vaguely aware that other countries made movies too, but it wasn't until the success of "Bridge on the River Kwai" that I became acutely aware of the extensive two-way traffic between Britain and Hollywood. This massive, large-format, 326-page book exhaustively details a large number of movies ranging from spectacles like "Land of the Pharaohs" and "Tom Jones", to comedies like "On the Double" (with Danny Kaye and Diana Dors) and "Casino Royale" (with Peter Sellers and Orson Welles), to flings of horror like "The Man Who Changed His Mind" (Boris Karloff) and "Blind Terror" (with Mia Farrow), to mystery/suspense like "Bunny Lake Is Missing" (with Carol Lynley) and Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes" (with Margaret Lockwood and Dame May Whitty). A fascinating book, absolutely crammed full with facts and details, it misses out on only one score. The author has written so much text, there is room for only 16 pages of photos.
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ISBN:
9781411678774
Subtitle:
A Survey of Mixed Movies
Author:
Reid, John Howard
Publisher:
Lulu Press
Subject:
Film & Video - General
Publication Date:
March 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
332
Dimensions:
11.00x8.25x.69 in. 1.65 lbs.
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