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NEW INTERVIEW! HAVE A LISTEN! Hammer Films enjoyed a rich heyday in the late 1960s and early 1970s making a series of late-night classics, such as The Vampire Lovers, Horror of Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde, and Dracula AD 1972. And Phil Campbell and Brian Reynolds were there, runners on set working with veteran
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NEW INTERVIEW Actor Norman Eshley was painting the ‘No Smoking’ sign at the Bristol Old Vic when he had a phone call from Orson Welles’ office. Within months he was filming ‘The Immortal Story’ with Jeanne Moreau at the great director’s home in Madrid. There aren’t many actors still around who can describe what it
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Some war movies are adventure films – and we all love them. The Great Escape, Where Eagles Dare, Von Ryan’s Express. Others astound us with the techniques of modern film-making, rendering elements of war viscerally realistic, but remain within the conventions of adventure war films (Saving Private Ryan) or introduce unnecessary parameters apparently to heighten
Greg Lewis 