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With a career that spanned from the silent era to the 1990s,
British screenwriter Charles Bennett (1899--1995) lived an
extraordinary life. His experiences as an actor, director,
playwright, film and television writer, and novelist in both
England and Hollywood left him with many amusing anecdotes,
opinions about his craft, and impressions of the many famous people
he knew. Among other things, Bennett was a decorated WWI hero, an
eminent Shakespearean actor, and an Allied spy and propagandist
during WWII, but he is best remembered for his commercially and
critically acclaimed collaborations with directors Sir Alfred
Hitchcock and Cecil B. DeMille.
The fruitful partnership began after Hitchcock adapted Bennett's
play Blackmail (1929) as the first British sound film. Their
partnership produced six thrillers: The Man Who Knew Too Much
(1934), The 39 Steps (1935), Sabotage (1936), Secret Agent (1936),
Young and Innocent (1937), and Foreign Correspondent (1940). In
this witty and intriguing book, Bennett discusses how their
collaboration created such famous motifs as the "wrong man accused"
device and the MacGuffin. He also takes readers behind the scenes
with the Master of Suspense, offering his thoughts on the
director's work, sense of humor, and personal life.
Featuring an introduction and additional biographical material
from Bennett's son, editor John Charles Bennett, Hitchcock's
Partner in Suspense is a richly detailed narrative of a remarkable
yet often-overlooked figure in film history.
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Cloud River (Paperback)
Charles Bennett
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These lyrical poems, like the cloud river of the title, are a
'journey down a length of weather-music'. Set in a level landscape
of corners and lines (on fields, maps, the sky and the page), they
generate beautiful surprises. They see a passing plane as 'the
polished arrow of a plough', and teach us how to read cloud
language. Through a fresh appreciation of England's lowest and
newest landscape, they exemplify how engagement with straight
rivers and big skies leads to a balancing of spirit.
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