A Fish Called Wanda
1988
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Charles Ainslie Crichton (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and editor. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known for directing many comedies produced at Ealing Studios and had a 40-year career editing and directing many films and television programmes.
Meticulous to the point of being referred to as a "perfectionist", Crichton came into his own at Ealing, a studio noted for its comedies, and among his best known are the quirky but charming The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) and the wildly popular The Lavender Hill Mob (1951).
Charles Crichton. Director: A Fish Called Wanda. Director Charles Crichton's film career began as an editor in 1935 with Alexander Korda's London Films, and in that capacity he worked on such productions as Sanders of the River (1935), Things to Come (1936) and Elephant Boy (1937) (which introduced Sabu to movie audiences).
Sep 16, 1999 · Charles Crichton, one of the brightest lights in the golden age of British film comedy in the late 1940's and 50's, and whose directing career faded and then...
Sep 15, 1999 · THE FILM director Charles Crichton made the first of the legendary cycle of British films that became known as the Ealing comedies, Hue and Cry, and one of the finest of those to follow, The...
Sep 14, 1999 · Charles Ainslie Crichton was an English film director and film editor. He became best known for directing comedies produced at Ealing Studios. Crichton enjoyed an extremely long career, editing and directing many films and television programmes over a period exceeding forty years.
Sep 15, 1999 · Charles Crichton, who has died aged 89, directed some of the most important British film comedies of the post-war years. Crichton, who died at home in South Kensington, west London,...
