Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 British film music by Ken Hughes and starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes and Benny Hill

The scenario of the film is based on the children's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car from 1964 by the British author Ian Fleming.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang got mixed reviews and was a financial disappointment for the producers. Although there were many people go to the movies, but the yield in the cinemas was 7.8 million over budget after a while the movie, spacious, had cost about 10 million. However, it is a myth that the film was a total flop.



Content
[verbergen]  *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Read warning: text below contains details about the content and/or the end of the story.An old racing car after the last crash is bought out by a buyer in scrap metals and parked in an expired garage. Two children who live near the garage, Jeremy and Jemima Potts, love to play in the old car. When they hear that the buyer wants the car melting down because of the metal, they try their father, Caractacus Potts, about to pick up the car to buy. Caractacus is a widower and inventor and lives with his two children and his father in a House that is full of his inventions and clutter. However, he has little success with his inventions and no money to buy cars.
 * 2 Cast
 * Scenario 3
 * 3.1 the book
 * 3.2 Roald Dahl
 * 3.3 a new story
 * 3.4 differences from the book
 * 4 Actors
 * 5 Production
 * 5.1 locations and decors
 * 5.2 The car
 * 5.3 Shots
 * 6 music and dance
 * 6.1 Implementation
 * 6.2 the Sherman Brothers
 * 6.3 Songs
 * 7 DVD
 * 8 Sources
 * 9 external link

As Jeremy and Jemima truancy to find a solution, they are encountered by Truly Scrumptious, the daughter of the wealthy candy manufacturer Lord Scrumptious. Truly brings the kids home and gives a sermon on the school absence Caractacus of his children. Caractacus is upset about the tone of Truly and ignores her. If the children continue to insist on the purchase of the car, his latest invention, the decision Caractacus "teeth flute sweet" to sell to Truly's father. They are sweets that you can whistle. Unfortunately, dogs react better to the sound than people and the factory of Lord Scrumptious items are explained by the four-legged friends. Knipmachine on the local funfair are hairdressers as Caractacus demonstrates he must flee for his angry customers. He hides itself between the dancers of a musical group and is suddenly on the scene.Dancing of Caractacus is so successful that he gets a lot of tips, he finally allows the car buying.

Caractacus sees that the car is a wreck and trying to repair her. He uses all kinds of materials, such as an old rowing boat and the hood of the fireplace. Ultimately, the car ready, but the engine makes a funny noise that sounds like "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", which is the nickname of the vehicle. Not long after a trip with his children Caractacus and Truly makes to the coast where they have a picnic. There begins to tell about Baron Bomburst of Vulgaria Caractacus and the children dream away .... it's as if the flood comes to mind, but just before it disappears in the waves, the Chitty sail car. As they drive back they see how Grandpa Potts, Caractacus's father is kidnapped by the baron Bomburst spies who want to steal Chitty. They take the old man into an airship and are haunted by Chitty which also turns out to have wings.

Caractacus, Truly and the children haunt the airship of the baron to Vulgaria. Grandpa Potts is taken to the castle of the baron. It turns out he is mistaken as the inventor of Chitty and the baron forces him to build a new car that can fly and boating. In the meantime, Caractacus and Truly gone on reconnaissance. It turns out that there are no children on the street to see in Vulgaria. They are all imprisoned by Baroness Bomburst those kids hate. A startled Caractacus runs back to the children, but it is too late, the infamous child-catcher has Jeremy and Jemima kidnapped. A distraught Caractacus is comforted by the Toy maker.Because even though there are no children in public to show up, is there toys made, but only for the baron. The Toy maker hates the baron and Baroness and has helped to make children into hiding. He also wants to Caractacus and Truly help. Together with the toy maker is a plan figured out.

Caractacus and Truly be disguised as life-size Toy Dolls and shipped to the Castle as gifts for the birthday of the baron. Meanwhile, frees the Toy maker the children of the village and at the right time they collapsed under the leadership of Caractacus on the baron and his followers. The country is free from the tyranny and Grandpa Potts is freed from the dungeons and travels with his son, Truly and the children back to England. On the beach it is now evening and the story is out. Caractacus rides with the kids and Truly home. There they find Lord Scrumptious to Caractacus, who says he will make rich. The "teeth flute sweet" shows a great success in the pet shops. Caractacus runs equal to Truly and asks her to marry him, not long after they drive off in Chitty, who suddenly really can fly. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Scenario<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Read warning: text below contains details about the content and/or the end of the story.===The book<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Writer Ian Fleming of the famous series of books he wrote around the British spy James Bond ventured in 1963 to a children's book. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was based on the stories he told to his son Caspar.The book appeared in 1964 in three parts at Publisher Jonathan Cape. The illustrations were by John Burningham. Fleming was inspired by a real racing car that count Louis Zborowski built in Higham Park at the beginning of the twenties of the last century. The car had the nickname Chitty Bang Bang because of the engines that were based on aircraft engines. ===Roald Dahl<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Writer Roald Dahl was by producer Albert Broccoli asked to write the screenplay for the film adaptation of the book by Fleming. Dahl was in the fifties of the last century broke through with his short stories bundled in, among others, Kiss Kiss and Someone Like You. Later he switched to children's books like James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The writing style of Dahl was characterized by a stark, often absurd humor that matched the children's mind. Where adult children had their doubts, there was worshipped by Dahl. He also saw himself as a child that never grow had become. Writing a screenplay for Dahl was not unknown territory. In 1966 had Broccoli him also asked for the book "You Only Live Twice" by Ian Fleming to edit into a film scenario. The book of Fleming was one of the novels around the British spy James Bond and the fifth film adaptation of the series. Broccoli asked Dahl if he knew the Bond films, but Dahl remembered only the movie Goldfinger and then only the Austin Martin with all his gadgets. Broccoli explained the structure of the Bond movies from, an insane villain, a plot that threatens the world, pursuits and eventually the final battle in the headquarters of the villain. Dahl who soon realize that the novel by Fleming was hopelessly obsolete, wrote his own version of "You Only Live Twice". ===A new story<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Also when writing the scenario of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang saw Dahl in that the book offered few opportunities. He adapted the book to a new story and gave the screenplay to Broccoli. According to the biographer of Dahl (Donald Sturrock, "storyteller, the biography of Roald Dahl") became the scenario then still substantially rewritten by Director Ken Hughes and screenwriter Richard Maibaum. It is now no longer verify what is written by Roald Dahl and what by Hughes and Maibaum. Dahl has kept quiet about this further. Sturrock suspect elements as the Child catcher and abducted children by Dahl are. They have those grim humor from Dahls Childrens Books. ===Differences from the book<span class="mw-editsection" len="354" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The scenario differs pretty with the book. First of all the time. The book plays in 1963, and the scenario has 1910 as background. The latter is in line with another successful musical film with Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins, a film which quite a few creative is "borrowed". The original story by Fleming's also about Caractacus Pott, the inventor, who rescues an old race car of scrap. Pott trying to make money by selling candy whistles to Lord Skrumshus. Just like in the movie rides Pott to the beach for a picnic. Potts, however, is not a widower and his wife Vivek, drive the kids cozy with. However, the car flying and boating and it shows useful if the family finds a cave where Potts gangster have hidden explosives and weapons. Potts blows everything on as the children tell the gangsters the candy store of Potts Monsieur Bon-Bon in Paris want to Rob. They come on time to prevent everything in the French capital and the family will be rewarded with the secret recipe for the world famous Breastplate of Monsieur Bon-Bon. On the film scenario are all kinds of elements added such as the Mary Poppinsachtige Scrumpsious, the country with the heroine Truly Vulgaria baron and Baroness, the childless village and the child-catcher. ==Actors<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film Mary Poppins hung like a shadow over the production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Albert Broccoli had the writing duo the Sherman Brothers, responsible for the songs from "Mary Poppins", hired and wanted both Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews hiring for the leading roles. Van Dyke and Andrews were also cast in the lead roles in Mary Poppins. Van Dyke said yes, on the condition that he did not have to use no English accent. But Julie Andrews read the scenario and then thanked for the honor. She found her role too much resemble her role in "Mary Poppins". Dick Van Dyke saw this also in and in an interview he said that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Disney would inflict a defeat on the film scene. The Disney studio was not happy with the comment and Van Dyke would not in the years to come more at this studio to the bin. Actress Sally Ann Howes who had great success in London and on Broadway in musicals (among other things in "My Fair Lady" where she replaced Julie Andrews) got the role of Truly. Lionel Jeffries got the role of Grandpa Potts, Caractacus's father, played by Dick Van Dyke. Jeffries was six months younger than Van Dyke, but looked older. For the role of the Child catcher Robert Helpmann was cast. Helpman was a well-known ballet dancer from Australia who worked with Anna Pavlova. Comedian Bennie Hill was initially asked to rewrite any scenes in which Van Dyke played. The actor was not satisfied with the dialogues and had asked the rewriting. Hill was then cast as the Toy maker. ==Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Read warning: text below contains details about the content and/or the end of the story.===Locations and decors<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the beginning of the film are the inventions of Caractacus Potts. They were conceived and put together by Rowland Emett. The recordings took place at different locations in England. The Kempton Waterworks in Hanworth, Middlesex were the model for the outside of the Scrumptious Sweet co. factory. The home of Lord Scrumptious, Scrumptious Mansion, was Heatherden Hall at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. The mill and the Cobstone Windmill in Ibstone, Potts was cottage at Turville, Buckinghamshire, while Russell's Water, in Oxfordshire, the prototype for the duck pond. The beach at Cap Taillat in St. Tropez, France was the setting for the beach scene, while the lighthouse and the white Cliff were filmed at Beachy Head, East Sussex. Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany was a model for Baron Bomburst of Vulgaria Castle. The village of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany had to the village of proposals in Vulgaria. Iver Bridge, in Iver, Buckinghamshire, was the bridge where the spies run across it, while the bridge where they kidnap Lord Scrumptious in reality Ilmer Bridge, Ilmer, Buckinghamshire was in. The train scene was recorded at the The longmoor Military Railway ===The car<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The producers were for the construction of the film Chitty car inspired by the real models from 1920. To be exact, on Chitty Bang Bang III which was governed by count Louis Zboroswki on the Brooklands race track.There were a total of seven version produced for the film, and have a wreck, a restored version, a Chitty for the flying scenes, and one for the water scenes. The other three could really drive and were used in other scenes. The Chitty versions that could drive were slightly more than five feet long and weighed two tons. They were officially approved and could just hit the road with the license plate GEN 11. In an episode of SyFy channel's Hollywood Treasure from 2011 was Dick Van Dyke for the first time behind the wheel of the real Chitty. He said then that he could buy the car after the shots for $ 30,000. In 1973, one of the moving versions sold for $ 37,000. The SyFy Channel's car was for sale on eBay for a million dollars. In the same episode of SyFy was held an auction in which the car was sold for $ 850,000. The car is now in possession of Pierre Picton who also was involved in the film production. ===Recordings<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The shooting took place in a tense atmosphere. Ken Hughes scraped continually scenario and was not satisfied with the end result of production. He had regularly arguing with Dick Van Dyke, who struggled with alcohol problems and itself also was not happy with the film. Van Dyke was used to work with Disney and found both Hughes as a producer Broccoli impossible to work There must be also be improvised. At the shooting in Rothenberg on the Tauber, Germany were no extras hired, so were the older residents of the city deployed, while only rider clubs played of the University the soldiers of the army of Vulgaria. During the recordings of the ride from the Child-catcher in Rothenberg was the coach suddenly lifted up, as it were, by a rub in the road. Just before the coach eventually turned knew actor Robert Helpman, a trained ballet dancer, narrowly escape by jumping over the coach. Help mans rendition of the Child catcher would later be chosen as one of the scariest characters in movie history. The actor changed his appearance by its top row false teeth off during the shooting. Not only this he looked scarier, but also his voice got a hissing sound. ==Music and dance<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Implementation<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===The Sherman Brothers<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Richard and Robert Sherman were an American writing duo that for a large number of Disney movies has written the songs. One of their biggest successes was the film Mary Poppins for which she received two Academy Awards for Best Song and best film music. In their memoirs "Walt's Time: From Before to Beyond" write the brothers that they were exclusively under contract while at Disney, but that they were given permission for a project, that was outside the Disney studio to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The project was less successful for them. At the Oscar ceremony they got only a nomination for Best Song (the title track "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Oscar eventually went to "The Windmills of Your Mind" from the movie The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). ===Songs<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="45" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The following songs are in the movie told:
 * Dick Van Dyke -Caractacus Potts
 * Sally Ann Howes -Truly Scrumptious
 * Adrian Hall -Jeremy
 * Heather Ripley -Jemima
 * Lionel Jeffries -Grandpa Potts
 * Gert Fröbe -Baron Bomburst
 * Anna Quayle -Baroness Bomburst
 * Benny Hill -The Toy maker
 * James Robertson Justice -Lord Scrumptious
 * Robert Helpmann -Child Catcher
 * Desmond Llewelyn -Mr. Coggins
 * Alexander Doré -first spy
 * Bernard Spear -second spy
 * Peter Arne -captain of the army of the baron
 * Victor Maddern -The Rags-and metalenman
 * Arthur Mullard -Cyril
 * All the musical number was choreographed by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. Often this was no easy job. The song "Toot Sweets" took three weeks recording time, with 38 dancers, 40 singers, 85 musicians and 100 dogs their cooperation. The song is characterized by the use of many different flutes.
 * "Me Ol' Bamboo" was performed by Dick Van Dyke and a Morris dance group. The xylophone plays an important role in this merry dance number
 * The song "Doll on a Music Box" that is sung simultaneously with "Truly Scrumptious" by Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes is a counterpoint. Counterpoint are watching the music horizontally, in equivalent votes, though the vertical aspect of importance and bound for the harmony of votes.

<p lang="en" len="91" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The songs "Come to the Funfair" and "Vulgarian National Anthem" were cut from the film. ==DVD<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released on VHS and several times in 1998 for the first time on DVD, followed by a special 2-disc version in 2003, a "Special Edition". On 2 november 2010, 20th Century Fox a Blu-ray/DVD combination out of two discs with the extras of the 2003 Edition and new featurettes. The 2010 version is the first edition in the original Technirama 2.20: 1 aspect ratio. ==Sources<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * "You Two" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Dick Van Dyke, Heather Ripley and Adrian Hall
 * "Toot Sweets" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes
 * "Hushabye Mountain" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Dick Van Dyke
 * "Me Ol' Bamboo" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Dick Van Dyke and ensemble
 * "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Dick Van Dyke, Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall, and Sally Ann Howes
 * "Truly Scrumptious" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall and Heather Ripley
 * "Lovely Lonely Man" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Sally Ann Howes
 * "Posh!" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Lionel Jeffries
 * "The Roses of Success" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by John Heawood, Michael Darbyshire, Kenneth Waller, Gerald Taylor, Eddie Davis, and Lionel Jeffries
 * "Chu-Chi Face" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Gert Fröbe and Anna Quayle
 * "Doll On a Music Box/Truly Scrumptious" (Robert b. Sherman/Richard m. Sherman)-performed by Sally Ann Howes and Dick Van Dyke
 * "Blue Devils" (Charles Williams)
 * Albert Broccoli, "When the Snow Melts: The Autobiography of Cubby Broccoli", 1999
 * Dick Van Dyke, "" Dick Van Dyke: My Lucky Life In and Out Of Show Business ", 2011
 * Brian McFarlane, "An autobiography of British Cinema", 1997
 * Brian McFarlane, "The encyclopedia of British Film", 2003
 * John Mundy, "The British Musical Film", 2007
 * Robert Murphy, "Sixties British Cinema (The History of British Film)"
 * John Pearson, "The Life of Ian Fleming", 1966
 * Robert Ross, "Benny Hill: The Complete Companion", 1999
 * Robert b. Sherman, "Walt's Time: From Before to Beyond", 1998
 * Richard Stirling, "Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography", 2009
 * Donald Sturrock, "storyteller, the biography of Roald Dahl", 2001
 * Alexander Walker, "Hollywood England: British Film Industry in the Sixties"