One could be forgiven for not suspecting that Hammer Films, known for their comparatively lurid and bloody, sometimes pointedly lusty, and otherwise vividly imagined (and reimagined) catalogue of horror classics, would be the first place to look if one were in the market for a low-key yet spirited take on a holiday classic to turn to once the perennial screenings of It’s a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, Die Hard and countless other popular titles have begun to wear out their welcome. Yet the studio delivered just that in Cash on Demand (1962), a dandy and delicious suspense thriller directed by Quentin Lawrence, from a script by David T. Chantler and Lewis Griefer, itself based on a play by Jacques Gillies, which echoes of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the book and the countless movie and TV iterations which came before, to fresh and potent purpose.
Lawrence, a British TV veteran...
Lawrence, a British TV veteran...
- 12/22/2019
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
North Hollywood, CA, October 25, 2010 – Consistent with the shift in career opportunities for entertainment industry professionals, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group (Impg) has expanded its eligibility requirements for membership. Additionally, the Impg has appointed three new Awards working group co-chairs for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for Interactive Media. The Interactive Media Peer Group (Impg) expanded its membership eligibility to more accurately reflect the broad range of professions that comprise the interactive media industry. Impg eligible job descriptions now include Business Development, Marketing and Advertising professionals primarily involved with the creation and distribution of interactive media. This includes programming distributed to consumer electronics devices via 3G/4G (mobile broadband) networks as well as interactive media programming available on connected consumer electronics devices. In recognition of the non-traditional job titles across the interactive media industry, the Impg has eliminated the requirement for 'Director and above' job titles...
- 10/25/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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