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Once one keeps in mind the need for several grains of salt in reading the book and checking the facts, however, the book is most definitely a rollicking good read. 3 people found this helpful.

Once one keeps in mind the need for several grains of salt in reading the book and checking the facts, however, the book is most definitely a rollicking good read.

Powell, Michael, 1905-1990. Powell, Michael, 1905-1990, Motion picture producers and directors.

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Michael Powell lived intimately, and abundantly, with the movies - entering the business at the end of the silent era, growing up in the . His description of this partnership forms the heart of Powell's autobiography A Life in Movies. Powell's book is long and takes a while to get going.

Michael Powell lived intimately, and abundantly, with the movies - entering the business at the end of the silent era, growing up in the industry, becoming one o. . He spends rather too long on his childhood in Kent. It is an interesting description of a long lost world and provides some insight into the development of Powell's character, but eventually one becomes rather impatient for him to get onto his film career. This he does with a brilliant description of his start in silent movies.

For other people named Michael Powell, see Michael Powell . Michael Powell discusses his autobiography A Life in Movies – a British Library sound recording.

For other people named Michael Powell, see Michael Powell (disambiguation). Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. This book contains much information that Powell and Pressburger could not include in their film The Battle of the River Plate. 1957: Death in the South Atlantic: The Last Voyage of the Graf Spee.

A Life in Movies", Michael Powell. Robin Wood answers this question in this book, considered the most important critical study on Alfred Hitchcock.

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Michael Powell lived intimately, and abundantly, with the movies - entering the business at the end of the silent era, growing up in the industry, becoming one of Britain's most respected and influential directors

Michael Powell lived intimately, and abundantly, with the movies - entering the business at the end of the silent era, growing up in the industry, becoming one of Britain's most respected and influential directors. This first volume of his autobiography captures the startling momentum of his mercurial early career: from apprenticeship with Hitchcock, to the fateful meeting with the man who became his principal collaborator Emeric Pressburger; to the glories of A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes.

A Life in Movies: An Autobiography (Paperback). Michael Powell (author). Michael Powell lived intimately, and abundantly, with the movies - entering the business at the end of the silent era, growing up in the industry, becoming one of Britain's most respected and influential directors. This first volume of his autobiography captures the startling momentum of his mercurial early career: from apprenticeship with Hitchcock, to the fateful meeting with the man who became his principal collaborator Emeric Pressburger; to the glories of "A Matter of Life and Death", "Black Narcissus" and "The Red Shoes".

Michael Powell, Director: The Red Shoes. The son of Thomas William Powell and Mabel (nee Corbett). Michael Powell was always a self-confessed movie addict. He was brought up partly in Canterbury ("The Garden of England") and partly in the south of France (where his parents ran a hotel). Educated at Kings School, Canterbury and Dulwich College, he worked at the National Provincial Bank.