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From the Blue Halls of the silent screen to the more famous Bray Studios, the history of Hammer was as rich and varied as that of the post-1957 period for which it is best known. Here, for the first time, is the whole story of the company - from its origins in the vision and twenty-year distribution experience of Spanish émigré and exhibitor Enrique Carreras, the compact between he and theatre impresario William Hinds to form Exclusive Films, the return to active production under the banner of Hammer after the war - abandoned in the downturn of the 1930s - and early attempts to break into the lucrative American market, to the informal tie-in with the British Broadcasting Corporation which eventually brought about the science fiction sensation of The Quatermass Xperiment and gave ‘X’-certificate audiences their first taste of ‘Hammer Horror’. HAMMER FILMS: The Whole Story is the complete 115-year history of Hammer to date - the most thorough and comprehensive biography of the most colourful company in the annals of British film. This is Hammer in the round - not simply the ‘horrors’ but the entirety of the Hammer story.
HAMMER FILMS: THE WHOLE STORY IS A NEWLY ENLARGED AND EXTENSIVELY UPDATED REVISION OF A HISTORY OF HORRORS.
Bumper 440 pages, fully illustrated, 8 pages in colour.
Hemlock Price: £32.95
https://www.hemlockbooks.co.uk/Shop/category/7
From the Blue Halls of the silent screen to the more famous Bray Studios, the history of Hammer was as rich and varied as that of the post-1957 period for which it is best known. Here, for the first time, is the whole story of the company - from its origins in the vision and twenty-year distribution experience of Spanish émigré and exhibitor Enrique Carreras, the compact between he and theatre impresario William Hinds to form Exclusive Films, the return to active production under the banner of Hammer after the war - abandoned in the downturn of the 1930s - and early attempts to break into the lucrative American market, to the informal tie-in with the British Broadcasting Corporation which eventually brought about the science fiction sensation of The Quatermass Xperiment and gave ‘X’-certificate audiences their first taste of ‘Hammer Horror’. HAMMER FILMS: The Whole Story is the complete 115-year history of Hammer to date - the most thorough and comprehensive biography of the most colourful company in the annals of British film. This is Hammer in the round - not simply the ‘horrors’ but the entirety of the Hammer story.
HAMMER FILMS: THE WHOLE STORY IS A NEWLY ENLARGED AND EXTENSIVELY UPDATED REVISION OF A HISTORY OF HORRORS.
Bumper 440 pages, fully illustrated, 8 pages in colour.
Hemlock Price: £32.95