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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Principal Characters: Film Players Out of Frame

Principal Characters: Film Players Out of Frame

Neame, Christopher
Neame, Ronald
Samuelson, Sydney

Paperback

Series: Scarecrow Filmmakers, Book 123

Biographies GeneralActing & AuditioningFilm Studies

ISBN10: 0810856832
ISBN13: 9780810856837
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: Oct 11 2005
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.88 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

As the grandson of actress Ivy Close and son of director Ronald Neame (Straight from the Horse's Mouth; Scarecrow, 2003), Christopher Neame's roots in the film business were already firmly established by the time he joined the family profession. In his first memoir, Rungs on a Ladder, Neame gave readers an insider's look into a number of productions of the 1960s and 70s produced by Hammer Studios. Christopher followed this with A Take on British TV Drama, in which he recounted the challenges and rewards of working on some of the most distinguished works of British television, including The Flame Trees of Thika, Monsignor Quixote, and Danger: U.X.B.

In Principal Characters, Neame fills in the gaps of his illustrious career by providing brief intimate portraits of the many important film figures he has worked with. In this charming collection of anecdotes, he asks and answers questions about the stars, who reveal both their carefree and vulnerable moments alike:

Was Richard Harris really such a hell-raiser as a young man?

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