Straight from the Horse's Mouth Ronald Neame, an Autobiography

by Neame, Ronald; Cooper, with Barbara Roisman; Caine, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780810844902
• ISBN10: 0810844907
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-24
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Now in Paperback! Straight from the Horse's Mouth provides a fascinating, first-hand account of a unique filmmaker, who began his career as assistant cameraman on Hitchcock's first talkie, Blackmail, and went on to direct Maggie Smith, Judy Garland, Walter Matthau, and many other prominent performers. The book includes tales of the on-and-off-the-set antics of comedian George Formby, and original accounts of his experiences working with Noel Coward and David Lean. This is not simply an autobiography, but rather a history of British cinema from the 1920s through the 1960s, and Hollywood cinema from the 1960s through the present.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Michael Caine
Foreword	xiii
Alan Parker
Introduction	xv
Miss World	1	(9)
Blackmail	10	(10)
Beryl	20	(8)
The Elstree Fire	28	(6)
Quota Quickies	34	(8)
Major Barbara	42	(14)
Noel Coward	56	(17)
Cineguild	73	(10)
Hollywood	83	(10)
Expectations	93	(11)
The Academy	104	(4)
Take My Life	108	(7)
Passionate Friends	115	(9)
Crashing on Regardless	124	(7)
The Magic Box	131	(3)
The Card	134	(6)
The Million Pound Note	140	(6)
The Man Who Never Was	146	(8)
Windom's Way	154	(4)
Alec Guinness	158	(11)
Tunes of Glory	169	(9)
Judy Garland	178	(15)
Ron-Pon	193	(4)
Mister Moses	197	(11)
Gambit	208	(10)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	218	(7)
Scrooge	225	(10)
The Poseidon Adventure	235	(14)
Losses and Gains	249	(11)
Walter Matthau	260	(12)
Donna	272	(10)
Appendix A: The Films of Ronald Neame	282	(2)
Appendix B: Awards and Honors	284	(1)
Acknowledgements	285	(2)
Index	287