Tony Earnshaw Bücher

Since the turn of the century, Sherlock Holmes has captured the imagination of readers, and, after his move to both television and movies, generations of viewers. While Holmes has been portrayed by many distinguished actors, few have done it with the class, humor, and aplomb that Peter Cushing brought to the role.Written by noted British film journalist Tony Earnshaw, An Actor and a Rare One: Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes follows the career of Peter Cushing, one of England's finest actors, as he worked his way up from regional theater to the role of the world's most famous consulting detective. This book details Cushing's career as Holmes through anecdotes and reminiscences as told by his colleagues and Cushing himself. A fascinating, often humorous behind-the-scenes look at one of the century's great actors in one of the century's greatest roles.

Made in Yorkshire is a glorious celebration of all the feature films shot in the county from the inception of film to the present day including in-depth accounts of more than 30 films.Written by Tony Earnshaw, the Yorkshire Post's film critic and Artistic Director of the Bradford International Film Festival. Many of the 330 photographs have been taken over a 25-year period by Jim Moran, one of the Yorkshire Post's senior and award-winning photographers.A foreword to the book is written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Ronald Harwood whose film The Dresser, shot in Bradford, York and Halifax, features prominently.Other photographs have been sourced from most of Yorkshire's newspapers, the general public and people who worked on the films. Many of these have never been seen before languishing either in basement filing cabinets or dresser drawers. The book contains unusual and sometimes exclusive location photographs of Bette Davis, James Mason, Albert Finney, Dustin Hoffman, Sophia Loren, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Paul Newman, David Niven, Catherine Tate, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith, Jeremy Irons and Anthony Hopkins.Features interviews with Morgan Freeman, John Schlesinger, Julie Christie, David Tennant, Ken Loach, Sir Tom Courtenay, Ralph Fiennnes, Jenny Agutter, Mark Herman, Catherine Tate, Michael Palin, Alan Bennett and others about their experiences filming in Yorkshire.