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Aug 11, 2005 · Shepperton Babylon: Directed by Ben McPherson. With Charlie Higson, Lewis Macleod, Kate Robbins, Tallulah Bankhead. A sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s and 30s, where scandal and sordid behaviour was almost as rife as in Hollywood.
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Aug 11, 2005 · A sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s ands 30s, where scandal and sordid behaviour was almost as rife as in...
Feb 16, 2006 · Matthew Sweet. 4.01. 126 ratings20 reviews. This is a wonderful secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the immolations and the contract killings - the product of thousands of conversations with veteran film-makers. Here you'll meet, among many others, 20s film idols snorting cocaine from an illuminated glass ...
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Feb 16, 2006 · The "Babylon" in the title might lead you to expect the kind of salacious gossip, rumour, and innuendo that Hollywood Babylon dished up - and if so, you'd be disappointed. Instead, you will find intimate portraits of many of the players from the early days of British cinema, first hand accounts from people whose names are almost completely lost ...
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Matthew Sweet. Shepperton Babylon by Matthew Sweet is a gripping secret history of British cinema. £14.99. Quantity: 1. Add to Basket. Join Faber Members for 10% off your first order.
Feb 13, 2005 · If Shepperton Babylon has a fault, it lies in Sweet's underplaying of British film heritage. At the start of our film development there was a rush to shoot the classics and the great historical ...
Based on Sweet's book "Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema". The documentary includes segments from Blackmail (1929), The Ring (1927), The Farmer's Wife (1928), Elstree Calling (1930), Downhill (1927) and The 39 Steps (1935), as well as covering Lillian Hall-Davis , Donald Calthrop , Anny Ondra , and Ivor Novello .
