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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: The Friday Project Limited; illustrated edition edition (20 April 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 190554846X
ISBN-13: 978-1905548460
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 16.4 x 2.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Too Much Sausage, 27 April 2007

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From a list of British silents of which nothing remains but evocative titles, such as Too Much Sausage and Two Naughty Boys Upsetting The Spoons, to a handy chart for the identification of UK independents (if a period drama looks like an Athena poster it's a Goldcrest; if it doesn't it's either a Gaumont-British or a Gainsborough, depending on the emphasis on heaving bosoms), this is a great dipper-in of a book celebrating some of the more unsung actors, film-makers and genres. The proof-reader nodded off from time to time (Wilfred Bramble, indeed!), but if any or all of the following names - Milton Subotsky, Marianne Stone, Frank Randle - ring bells for you, you'll find lots to enjoy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars There's Nothing Else Quite Like This..., 21 Sep 2009

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'TV Cream's Anatomy of Cinema' exists in a strange kind of filmic parallel universe - where those perennial lists of the greatest films ever made eschew acclaimed Hollywood fare such as 'The Godfather' and 'Citizen Kane' in favour of 'Holiday On The Buses' and 'Carry On Up The Khyber'. Holding no truck with popular opinion, the authors celebrate a variety of films that just didn't get the breaks, but are as fondly remembered in some quarters as any number of Hollywood classics. There are tributes to forgotten legends of British cinema - character actors whose faces you'd know, but whose names you wouldn't - and production companies long since closed down or swallowed up by some monolithic multinational.

It will serve both as a reminder of films half-forgotten, lost in the mists of time, and also as a handy primer for cult gems that one should seek out on DVD immediately. There's nothing out there quite like this, and for that alone, I loved this book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for dipping into, 11 Mar 2009

By	Peter Lee (Manchester ,United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This is a somewhat fragmented and episodic book, almost a collection of essays, on the "golden age" of cinema. Inside you'll find short pieces on the likes of the "Carry On" films, and TV spin-offs such as the "Steptoe", "On The Buses" and "Are You Being Served?" films. Interspersed between these are character studies on certain key actors in this generation, accompanied by caricatures. It's an enjoyable read, but unless you're a film fanatic or remember every single name featured between the covers you'll find yourself skipping chunks of it as I did. Ideal for dipping into, therefore, and worth a look.

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