Over fifty years ago, with the release of "The Curse of Frankenstein" and Christopher Lee's iconic performance in "Dracula", Hammer ushered in a whole new era of blood and barely-restrained cleavage in glorious colour, mixing sex and horror with a style and panache that made the small British company world famous. Bursting at the seams with rare and previously unpublished photographs from Hammer's archive and private collections worldwide, and featuring many new interviews, "Hammer Glamour" is a lavish, full colour celebration of Hammer's female stars, including Ingrid Pitt, Martine Beswick, Caroline Munro, Barbara Shelley, Joanna Lumley, Nastassja Kinski, and of course Raquel Welch (who can forget her fur bikini in "One Million Years B. C."?).
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'A fascinating trawl through the stuck-together pages of British horror history' --- Bizarre
'A celebration in words and daring pictures of when fangs were fun.' --- Mail on Sunday
'The interviews are as revealing as the photography' ---The Independent on Sunday
'A celebration in words and daring pictures of when fangs were fun.' --- Mail on Sunday
'The interviews are as revealing as the photography' ---The Independent on Sunday
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Marcus Hearn was the editor of Hammer Horror magazine, and with co-author Alan Barnes, he has written The Hammer Story, Tarantino A-Zed, and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Hearn is also the author of The Cinema of George Lucas.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Prelati
Format:Hardcover
A lavish coffee (or should that be coffin?) table book on the actresses that helped make Hammer's low budget British genre pictures so successful, 'Hammer Glamour' is certainly a must-buy for the studio's legion of devotees. For less devoted readers, it offers a fascinating peek at the pin-ups of yesteryear - the 'dollybirds' and 'crumpet' that raised more than a smile in the 60s and 70s.
As so many reviews have (rightly) focused on the book's strengths, I'll suggest a few provisos. I suspect many might have preferred more focus on Hammer's 'Scream Queens' (Shelley, Pitt and Court perhaps) and less on some of the actresses whose career with the studio was brief at best. Many of the shots clearly have little do with Hammer (I understand the cover shot of Madeline Smith, charming as it is, was nothing to do with the studio). The text is secondary to the visuals (as it should be, perhaps), but anybody expecting an in-depth read will be disappointed. To take the opposite position, this is also pretty tame stuff - the author clearly favours the more suggestive approach of Hammer's earlier era.
All of which is nit-picking really. You may not learn much from this colourful volume, but if you want a beautifully produced tribute to the many talented and lovely ladies that graced the screens courtesy of Hammer films, this is difficult to fault.
As so many reviews have (rightly) focused on the book's strengths, I'll suggest a few provisos. I suspect many might have preferred more focus on Hammer's 'Scream Queens' (Shelley, Pitt and Court perhaps) and less on some of the actresses whose career with the studio was brief at best. Many of the shots clearly have little do with Hammer (I understand the cover shot of Madeline Smith, charming as it is, was nothing to do with the studio). The text is secondary to the visuals (as it should be, perhaps), but anybody expecting an in-depth read will be disappointed. To take the opposite position, this is also pretty tame stuff - the author clearly favours the more suggestive approach of Hammer's earlier era.
All of which is nit-picking really. You may not learn much from this colourful volume, but if you want a beautifully produced tribute to the many talented and lovely ladies that graced the screens courtesy of Hammer films, this is difficult to fault.
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By S. P. Ridley
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really enjoyed this book and if you have any love for the Hammer starlets of the past so will you.
It's a good sized volume every page has glossy well produced photo's of the girl with well laid out text on her(usually)brief career with Hammer and any information the author has sourced,interview excerpts etc on their life afterwards.It's all put together well and although i've read some of the stories on a fair number of the actresses before alot of them i haven't.Theres a few pages at the back dedicated to the actresses that didn't make the cut to the main part of the book which i wish was longer.
Amazon have this at half the publishers price at time of writing so i recommend not hanging about and pick this up now...
It's a good sized volume every page has glossy well produced photo's of the girl with well laid out text on her(usually)brief career with Hammer and any information the author has sourced,interview excerpts etc on their life afterwards.It's all put together well and although i've read some of the stories on a fair number of the actresses before alot of them i haven't.Theres a few pages at the back dedicated to the actresses that didn't make the cut to the main part of the book which i wish was longer.
Amazon have this at half the publishers price at time of writing so i recommend not hanging about and pick this up now...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By R. Trinkwon
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A well researched fine read. With obvious attractions to all us chaps, the book is good on biographical content and it's interesting to find out about all those lovely ladies. Who they were, where they came from and how the career blossmed etc or as in some cases simply didn't. It's a fine tribute to female beauty too. I do note Martin Beswick surprisingly disliked her 1 or 2 second nude glimpse shot in Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde but later happily made a couple of soft sex films elsewhere.
As no one seems to knock say Sean Connery, Brad Pit or other leading men for their looks and where it got them so I don't see why women shouldn't be equally proud or worry at all either. The book could even benefit from more saurcy shots than there are, as many fine portaits appear. The best hammer movies very vastly underated and made many happy. The books a collectable gem.
As no one seems to knock say Sean Connery, Brad Pit or other leading men for their looks and where it got them so I don't see why women shouldn't be equally proud or worry at all either. The book could even benefit from more saurcy shots than there are, as many fine portaits appear. The best hammer movies very vastly underated and made many happy. The books a collectable gem.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By M. Donnelly
Format:Hardcover
A lovely little trawl through Hammer Film's bevvy of female stars.
The point of this sort of coffee-table book is the pictures. And this book does not disappoint - from the stunning cover shot of Madeline Smith through to the last glossy page there are delights to be seen here. Very much in a burlesque style, not too rude (though there are a couple of shots that might be considered NSFW), and if you love that sort of 50s/60s/70s cheesecake style as much as I do then you will love this.
Featuring women who simply are not made like that any more, the text adds up to a pretty decent history of one of the great UK movie studios.
The point of this sort of coffee-table book is the pictures. And this book does not disappoint - from the stunning cover shot of Madeline Smith through to the last glossy page there are delights to be seen here. Very much in a burlesque style, not too rude (though there are a couple of shots that might be considered NSFW), and if you love that sort of 50s/60s/70s cheesecake style as much as I do then you will love this.
Featuring women who simply are not made like that any more, the text adds up to a pretty decent history of one of the great UK movie studios.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Well, this has to be the best book purchase of the year. A glorious trip down memory lane, visiting old imaginary girlfriends, brought vividly to life in a selection of fabulous colour portraits, many of which I had never seen before. The layout of the book is appealing to the senses and the mini biogs are clear, concise and interesting. To hear about their lives, kinda spoiled my shallow lusting-after vision of each, because just like us all, they had warts and all. Seriously, its made for fascinating reading, for I knew little about these femme fatales.
I've been having breakfast with at least two ladies from the book's contents, each morning for a couple of weeks, and still got Ingrid Pitt and Madeline Smith to go. Life just doesnt get any better...
It is a fantastic book, which has awakened my interest in Hammer films, and I will be aquiring Marcus Hearn's other book on the subject this Christmas.
Now, if the author would just kindly supply me with the telephone numbers of each, 2009 will be the year of the decade.
I've been having breakfast with at least two ladies from the book's contents, each morning for a couple of weeks, and still got Ingrid Pitt and Madeline Smith to go. Life just doesnt get any better...
It is a fantastic book, which has awakened my interest in Hammer films, and I will be aquiring Marcus Hearn's other book on the subject this Christmas.
Now, if the author would just kindly supply me with the telephone numbers of each, 2009 will be the year of the decade.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. S. Hill
Format:Hardcover
A fantastic collection of photos many of which I hadn't seen before all on excellent quality glossy paper. There is also plenty of writing but it could be some time before I get around to that!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
OK I'm exaggerating a little bit with the title of my review but there's some truth in it. To be honest, I bought this book guessing that I'll turn every single page of the book looking at the beautiful pictures, than put it on my shelf. Here's how it really went for me: I open the amazon package, Madeline Smith greets me with the lovely cover photo of hers, I lift the jacket to see what's inside and to my surprise, I see there's the photo of Yutte Stensgaard all over the front case cover (Barbara Shelley on the back case) very well printed. Then I begin to "look" at the first pages (Introduction) and guess what? I'm still reading... The book is very well written, the respect the Hammer Studios have for their actresses is clearly seen on the artwork design, there are a lot of interviews and informations on every actress figuring in the book. There are 50 leading actresses and in that regard, I can say the book is divided into 50 parts, at least 3 pages for every Hammer Queen. This book pays respect to all the glamourous ladies that helped Hammer grow into an internationally acclaimed film studio. To buy this book thinking there are a bunch of pictures of beautiful women in it is nothing but disrespect to the Hammer spirit. If you think the Hammer Studios brought the magic touch to the horror on screen, if the Hammer films are more than just guilty pleasures for you, then like any other Marcus Hearn book, this is a must-have. The Hammer Horror is undead.
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Not at all a book full of naughty pictures (well, some are) but a fantastic insight into the lives of cinema's most overlooked ladies. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Paul Scollon
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A beautiful book
A great companion book to "The Art of Hammer" and "The Hammer Story" and produced to the same very high standard
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Published 1 month ago by Jack Gibbons
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Tongue-in-cheek glamour; 60s-70s kitsch
Hammer horror had many fans, and to some extent, still does. It was always a 'B Movie' studio and theirs was usually never the main feature other than on those few occasions where... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Claptonian
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I brought this book for my husband and he is a true hammer horror fan and well he loves it cant put it down !!!! Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2011 by Groovy mum
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A walk down memory lane.
Being middle aged and a life long film fan I spent a lot of my film watching youth going to watch the Hammer made movies. Read more
Published on 25 July 2010 by David H. Osborne
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fangs for the mammaries[ oops i meant memories !!!!!!]
i have read all the reviews and so i bought this book myself. having been a hammer film fan for more than 45 years. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2010 by M. J. Hampton
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A celebration of 'Hammer Glamour'
Breasts. Lots of 'em too. In fact there are more tits in here than in your average field guide to the birds of Great Britain. Read more
Published on 6 May 2010 by Ian Armer
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An interesting and wonderful tribute!
This is a great book, providing enough information without being too gossipy or boring, and with very high quality and memorable pictures. Read more
Published on 29 April 2010 by Bonnie Shawcross
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Hammer gets the girls!
As J.R.Knott put in a previous review: You're over 40? You like Hammers? You're a man?
I qualify for all three and my wife bought me this book for Christmas. Read more
I qualify for all three and my wife bought me this book for Christmas. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2010 by Mr. P. Smith
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