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Rosemary Burrows
Rosemary Burrows, also known as Rosie Burrows, was a costume designer, wardrobe mistress and costume supervisor for British films, including many in the Hammer Horror series and James Bond franchise. She has over 100 credits from 1958 to 2005, and was recognised for her creativity and efficiency with budgets; one colleague at Hammer remembered, "her creative mind was utterly boundless". Career Rosemary Burrows studied pottery at Berkshire College of Art before getting a job at Hammer's Bray studios, where she was paid £11 per week as assistant to Wardrobe Mistress Molly Arbuthnot. The first film she worked on was ''The Camp on Blood Island'' (1958). Frequent Hammer actor Peter Cushing has described working at the Bray studios with "dear Rosemary Burrows and Mrs Arbuthnot, who looked after the wardrobe department, at the same time dispensing endless and most welcome cups of tea". After Arbuthnot's retirement, Burrows took on the role of Wardrobe Mistress and Wardrobe Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic horror and fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involve classic horror characters such as Victor Frankenstein, Baron Victor Frankenstein, Count Dracula, and the Mummy (undead), Mummy, which Hammer reintroduced to audiences by filming them in vivid colour for the first time. Hammer also produced science fiction, Thriller film, thrillers, film noir and Comedy film, comedies, as well as, in later years, television series. During its most successful years, Hammer dominated the horror film market, enjoying worldwide distribution and considerable financial success. This success was, in part, due to its distribution partnerships with American companies such as United Artists, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, American Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishtar (film)
''Ishtar'' is a 1987 American adventure comedy film written and directed by Elaine May, and produced by Warren Beatty, who co-stars opposite Dustin Hoffman. The story revolves around a duo of talentless American songwriters who travel to a booking in Morocco and stumble into a four-party Cold War standoff. Shot on location in Morocco and New York City by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, the production drew media attention before its release for substantial cost overruns on top of a lavish budget, and reports of clashes between May, Beatty, and Storaro. A change in studio management at Columbia Pictures during post-production also led to professional and personal difficulties that undermined the film's release. ''Ishtar'' polarized critics and became a notorious failure at the box office. Many initially considered it to be one of the worst films ever made, although critical support has increased significantly since release, to the point where it received two votes for the Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Death Missing
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Powell
Eddie Powell (9 March 1927 – 11 August 2000) was a British stuntman and actor. Career Powell performed stuntwork in several films for Hammer Studios, serving as a regular stunt double for Christopher Lee. His credits during this time included portraying Thompson in '' Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.'' (1966) and the Mummy in ''The Mummy's Shroud'' (1967). He also appeared in several James Bond films. Powell portrayed the Aliens for stuntwork in '' Alien'' (1979) and ''Aliens'' (1986). He also did stunts in ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989), ''Batman'' (1989), and '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991). He had an uncredited part as The Goat of Mendes in ''The Devil Rides Out'' (1968). Personal life He was married to Hammer's wardrobe-mistress Rosemary Burrows, and was the brother of Joe Powell, also a film stuntman. Death Powell died on 11 August 2000 at Berkshire, England, UK the age of 73 caused complications by heart failure Heart failure (HF), also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demons Of The Mind
''Demons of the Mind'' is a 1972 British horror film, directed by Peter Sykes and starring Paul Jones, Gillian Hills, Robert Hardy, Patrick Magee, Michael Hordern and Shane Briant. It was produced by Anglo-EMI, Frank Godwin Productions and Hammer Film Productions, and written by Christopher Wicking, based on a story by Frank Godwin. Plot A wealthy widower locks up his two grown-up children, afraid that they will go mad, as did his wife. He then invites a doctor of dubious reputation to supervise their mental health and cure them of the unnatural attraction they have for each other. Meanwhile, in the vicinity of the mansion, murders are happening in the local village and a travelling priest arrives to help drive out any local demons. Cast * Robert Hardy as Zorn * Shane Briant as Emil * Gillian Hills as Elizabeth * Yvonne Mitchell as Hilda * Paul Jones as Carl Richter * Patrick Magee as Falkenberg * Kenneth J. Warren as Klaus * Michael Hordern as priest * Robert Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Neame (writer/producer)
Christopher Elwin Neame (24 December 1942 – 12 June 2011) was a British film producer and screenwriter. Personal life He was born in Windsor, Berkshire and educated at St. Wilfrid's School, Seaford and the King's School, Canterbury. He was the son of film director Ronald Neame and of Beryl HeanlyAnthony HaywarObituary: Christopher Neame ''The Guardian'', 20 July 2011 and the grandson of Ivy Close. Neame lived in the south of France with his third wife Sally-Ann. Neame was the third of four generations of the Neame family in the film business. His son Gareth also works in the media industry, and after spending many years at the BBC now works as the Managing Director of Carnival Films. He also had two daughters Emma (who is married to the artist Andrew Litten) and Shuna. He was thrice married: * Heather Wade 1966; 2d,1s * Caroline Langley 1974 * Sally-Ann Dowse 1991-2011 He died from an aneurysm aged 68. Career Neame's credits as a producer include a number of UK films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Sheldon Differ
Sammy Sheldon Differ (also credited as Sammy Sheldon and Sammy Howarth-Sheldon) is a British costume designer known for her work in film, specializing in fantasy and superhero genres. Differ has been nominated for multiple awards, including BAFTAs, Saturn Awards, and Costume Designers Guild Awards. Early life and education Born and raised in Manchester, England, Differ developed an interest in costume design after seeing ''Star Wars'' at the age of 10. She studied at Rochdale College, and gained work experience at the Royal Exchange Theatre, before studying costume design at the Wimbledon School of Art. Career Differ designed costumes for music videos early in her career. It was during this time she met costume designer Janty Yates, who hired her as an assistant on '' Plunkett and Macleane'', and then Ridley Scott's ''Gladiator'' (2000). Differ subsequently undertook her first role as lead costume designer on Scott's ''Black Hawk Down'' (2001) in a role in which she research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Hadley
Annie Hadley (born Dorothy Ann Brown; 1939–2010) was a costumer for British and Hollywood film and theatre. In her role as chief cutter, Hadley was responsible for tailoring costumes for five films that won Best Costume Academy Awards. Hadley's frequent collaborator, the costume designer Sandy Powell, described Hadley as her "partner in crime". Training and early businesses Annie Hadley was born in 1939 in Sheffield, England. Aged sixteen she enrolled at Sheffield School of Art, where she met Colin Hadley. The couple married in 1958, and by 1965 had four daughters. In 1961 they had moved to Brighton, where Colin was studying at Brighton College of Art, and in 1965 Annie started an haute couture college course, gaining qualifications in pattern cutting and sewing high fashion garments. After graduation, Annie established "Best Bib & Tucker", a childrenswear boutique selling her own designs. After a couple of years, she closed the shop and started Annie Hadley Ready-to-Wear, wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janty Yates
Janty Yates (born 1950) is a British costume designer for film and television. In 2001, she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for ''Gladiator'' (2000). She has also received nominations for BAFTA Awards, Satellite Awards, and Saturn Awards. She is a frequent collaborator with English director Ridley Scott, having worked with him fourteen times . Career Janty Yates worked in the fashion industry prior to her career in film and television. Yates' first credited work was in the wardrobe department on the 1981 film '' Quest for Fire''. Her first credited role as a costume designer was for the 1993 British comedy '' Bad Behaviour'', and she worked on a further six films in that role for the rest of the decade. In 2000, her work on Ridley Scott's ''Gladiator'' earned her her first career awards, including the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society award for Best Costume Design, as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award for Best Costume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladiator (2000 Film)
''Gladiator'' is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman general who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus becomes a gladiator and rises through the ranks of the arena, determined to avenge the murders of his family and the emperor. The screenplay, initially written by Franzoni, was inspired by the 1958 Daniel P. Mannix novel '' Those About to Die''. The script was acquired by DreamWorks Pictures, and Scott signed on to direct the film. Principal photography began in January 1999 and wrapped in May of that year. Production was complicated by the script being rewritten multiple times and by the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eskenazi Museum Of Art
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is an art museum at Indiana University Bloomington, which opened in 1941 as the Indiana University Museum of Art under the direction of Henry Radford Hope.Baden, Linda J. Indiana University Art Museum: Dedication. Bloomington, IN: Museum, 1982. Print. The museum was intended to be the center of a “cultural crossroads,” an idea brought forth by then- Indiana University President Herman B Wells. The present museum building was designed by I.M. Pei and Partners and dedicated in 1982. The museum's collection comprises approximately 45,000 objects, with about 1,400 on display.Indiana University Art Museum. Indiana University Bloomington, 2004. Web. 21 May 2012. The collection includes items ranging from ancient jewelry to paintings by Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock. In May 2016, after the announcement of the largest cash gift in the museum's history, the museum was renamed the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
