Background
Victor Saville was born on September 25, 1895 in Birmingham, England.
(A founding father of British filmmaking, Victor Saville c...)
A founding father of British filmmaking, Victor Saville created such classics as I Was a Spy, Evergreen, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Mortal Storm, A Woman’s Face, and Green Dolphin Street. Completed by Saville’s collaborator, Hollywood biographer Roy Moseley, in the years following Saville’s death in 1979, Evergreen: Victor Saville in His Own Words presents the esteemed filmmaker’s memories of the development of the film industry in England and the United States, from the silent screen to talkies,” from black-and-white to Technicolor, from the golden age of Hollywood to the rise of television. Born in Birmingham in 1897, Saville started small in the film business after being discharged from his unit in World War I following an injury. Working first for a distribution company, Saville was exposed to the earliest British silent films as well as imported blockbusters” such as The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance by D. W. Griffith. In 1922 he ventured to Hollywood to persuade silent film star Betty Compson to star in his first film, Woman to Woman, ultimately made with the assistance of Alfred Hitchcock in his first film job as assistant art director. Perhaps Saville’s most winning partnership was with Jessie Matthews, whom he directed in The Good Companions, Evergreen, First a Girl, and Friday the Thirteenth. He came to Hollywood permanently in 1941 when Louis B. Mayer invited him to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, whereupon Saville broke MGM’s questionable ties with Berlin, at a shocking time, by making The Mortal Storm. His memoir provides an intimate and detailed look at Saville’s long relationships with studio moguls Mayer and Alexander Korda and his work with an impressive list of film stars, including Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Hedy Lamarr, Margaret Sullavan, Ingrid Bergman, Jeanette MacDonald, Lana Turner, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, and Paul Newman. Saville’s circle of personal friends in Hollywood, where he lived with his wife, Phoebe, from 1941 to 1955, included the Marx brothers, Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, and George Burns. With Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Balcon, and Herbert Wilcox, Saville was a cornerstone of the early British film industry. Owing to Roy Moseley’s expert crafting, Evergreen: Victor Saville in His Own Words takes the reader behind the scenes of film’s golden age to reveal the tensions and power plays involved in studio filmmaking and struggles with stars, studios, and, many times, film censors, as well as the intricacies of early production, direction, and distribution methods. A founding father of British filmmaking, Victor Saville created such classics as I Was a Spy, Evergreen, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Mortal Storm, A Woman’s Face, and Green Dolphin Street. Completed by Saville’s collaborator, Hollywood biographer Roy Moseley, in the years following Saville’s death in 1979, Evergreen: Victor Saville in His Own Words presents the esteemed filmmaker’s memories of the development of the film industry in England and the United States, from the silent screen to talkies,” from black-and-white to Technicolor, from the golden age of Hollywood to the rise of television. Born in Birmingham in 1897, Saville started small in the film business after being discharged from his unit in World War I following an injury. Working first for a distribution company, Saville was exposed to the earliest British silent films as well as imported blockbusters” such as The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance by D. W. Griffith. In 1922 he ventured to Hollywood to persuade silent film star Betty Compson to star in his first film, Woman to Woman, ultimately made with the assistance of Alfred Hitchcock in his first film job as assistant art director. Perhaps Saville’s most winning partnership was with Jessie Matthews, whom he directed in The Good Companions, Evergreen, First a Girl, and Friday the Thirteenth. He came to Hollywood permanently in 1941 when Louis B. Mayer invited him to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, whereupon Saville broke MGM’s questionable ties with Berlin, at a shocking time, by making The Mortal Storm. His memoir provides an intimate and detailed look at Saville’s long relationships with studio moguls Mayer and Alexander Korda and his work with an impressive list of film stars, including Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Hedy Lamarr, Margaret Sullavan, Ingrid Bergman, Jeanette MacDonald, Lana Turner, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, and Paul Newman. Saville’s circle of personal friends in Hollywood, where he lived with his wife, Phoebe, from 1941 to 1955, included the Marx brothers, Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, and George Burns. With Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Balcon, and Herbert Wilcox, Saville was a cornerstone of the early British film industry. Owing to Roy Moseley’s expert crafting, Evergreen: Victor Saville in His Own Words takes the reader behind the scenes of film’s golden age to reveal the tensions and power plays involved in studio filmmaking and struggles with stars, studios, and, many times, film censors, as well as the intricacies of early production, direction, and distribution methods. A founding father of British filmmaking, Victor Saville created such classics as I Was a Spy, Evergreen, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Mortal Storm, A Woman’s Face, and Green Dolphin Street. Completed by Saville’s collaborator, Hollywood biographer Roy Moseley, in the years following Saville’s death in 1979, Evergreen: Victor Saville in His Own Words presents the esteemed filmmaker’s memories of the development of the film industry in England and the United States, from the silent screen to talkies,” from black-and-white to Technicolor, from the golden age of Hollywood to the rise of television. Born in Birmingham in 1897, Saville started small in the film business after being discharged from his unit in World War I following an injury. Working first for a distribution company, Saville was exposed to the earliest British silent films as well as imported blockbusters” such as The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance by D. W. Griffith. In 1922 he ventured to Hollywood to persuade silent film star Betty Compson to star in his first film, Woman to Woman, ultimately made with the assistance of Alfred Hitchcock in his first film job as assistant art director. Perhaps Saville’s most winning partnership was with Jessie Matthews, whom he directed in The Good Companions, Evergreen, First a Girl, and Friday the Thirteenth. He came to Hollywood permanently in 1941 when Louis B. Mayer invited him to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, whereupon Saville broke MGM’s questionable ties with Berlin, at a shocking time, by making The Mortal Storm. His memoir provides an intimate and detailed look at Saville’s long relationships with studio moguls Mayer and Alexander Korda and his work with an impressive list of film stars, including Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Hedy Lamarr, Margaret Sullavan, Ingrid Bergman, Jeanette MacDonald, Lana Turner, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, and Paul Newman. Saville’s circle of personal friends in Hollywood, where he lived with his wife, Phoebe, from 1941 to 1955, included the Marx brothers, Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, and George Burns. With Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Balcon, and Herbert Wilcox, Saville was a cornerstone of the early British film industry. Owing to Roy Moseley’s expert crafting, Evergreen: Victor Saville in His Own Words takes the reader behind the scenes of film’s golden age to reveal the tensions and power plays involved in studio filmmaking and struggles with stars, studios, and, many times, film censors, as well as the intricacies of early production, direction, and distribution methods.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080932315X/?tag=2022091-20
(Meet Damon, a sexy businessman that has everything going ...)
Meet Damon, a sexy businessman that has everything going for him; a beautiful home, expensive cars and a fiancée who adores him. Tiana is expecting her and Damon’s first child, after suffering two miscarriages in the past. The two of them seem to be a happy couple as they plan for their child’s birth, and their long-awaited wedding day. However, things are far from perfect with Damon having a son outside of his relationship by Bridgette, the baby mama from Hell. Bridgette makes a phone call to Tiana, setting off a chain of events that may destroy their happy home, and the birth of their miracle baby. Bridgette is obsessed with Damon, and it is starting to get out of hand. She could care less about him having a woman, being that she’s all set to take Tiana’s place. When Bridgette tells Tiana that she’s pregnant again with Damon’s second child, will that be the straw that breaks the camel’s back? Will Tiana and Damon be able to work through their issues while Bridgette is plotting to break them up? Find out how far an obsessed woman will go to get what she wants in this drama filled series, Woman To Woman.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MYEGHR6/?tag=2022091-20
director producer screenwriter
Victor Saville was born on September 25, 1895 in Birmingham, England.
Saville was born and educated in Birmingham.
During World War I, he suffered serious injury and as a result was discharged from the army in 1916. He got a job as manager of a Coventry film theater, a position from which Saville landed a post in the features and newsreels department of Pathe Frères. Subsequently, in partnership with Charles Wilcox, he became a film distributor in Leeds. In 1919, together with former school friend Michael Balcon, Saville founded his own production company, "Victory Motion Pictures".
Saville directed the first productions of the new company, among them its first major success, "Woman to Woman", in 1923. In 1926 he joined Gaumont as a producer and in that capacity was responsible for a number of popular films directed by Maurice Elvey.
The following year he again formed a production company, "Burlington Film Company", and two years later gained his first experience as a director of sound films while on a visit to the United States. During the 1930s, Saville directed for Gaumont-British, where his ex-partner, Michael Balcon, had become head of production. Among the most successful of these were several musicals starring Jessie Matthews.
In the 1930s, Saville worked with the London Film Productions of Alexander Korda and then signed a contract with MGM, producing two of that company’s more prominent British films, "The Citadel" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips". From 1939 onwards he continued his association with MGM in Hollywood, still as a producer. Prestigious productions from this period include "The Mortal Storm" and "Dr. Jekyll" and "Mr. Hyde". Moving to Columbia as a director, the success of "Tonight and Every Night" with Rita Hayworth led to his return to MGM, this time also as a director. During the 1950s he plied both occupations through his company, Parklane Productions. The most notable of his later efforts was Robert Aldrich’s "Kiss Me Deadly". Saville made his last film in 1962.
(A founding father of British filmmaking, Victor Saville c...)
(Meet Damon, a sexy businessman that has everything going ...)