The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films


 

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Description

From the publisher:

Fifty years ago, Hammer Films released The Curse of Frankenstein. The now-legendary British company went on to make such classics as Dracula (and its many sequels), making international stars out of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, changing the face of horror cinema, and inspiring a generation of Hollywood filmmakers, including George Lucas, Martin Scorsese and Tim Burton.

Now, for the first time, Hammer have given their active backing to an authorised history of the company, and have provided unlimited access to their archives.

The Hammer Story provides a film-by-film dissection, dripping with rare promotional material and previously unpublished photographs.

This came from the collection of Steve Sherman, a writer,artist, puppet-maker, puppet-performer, and avid collector. Steve worked as Jack Kirby's assistant, at Filmation, and Sid and Marty Krofft, before forming his own company Puppet Studio in 1984 contributing to "Pee-Wee's Playhouse", "Men in Black 1 & 2", "Mighty Joe Young", "Muppets" and numerous other TV series and feature films.

Features

Marcus Hearn, Alan Barnes

Condition & Attributes

Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear)

Creators

Marcus
Hearn, Alan Barnes

Publishing Information

London
Titan
2007
1st revised

Physical Description

11.75 inches
9.75 inches
192 pages
nearly 500 color and black & white illustrations
Hardcover
cloth
English