A wonderful review of Classic Fabric Flowers in Sugar in the October issue of the ICES newsletter – copies available in the USA from ISAC (www.nicholaslodge.com)
ICES is International Cake Exploration Society in the USA
London’s Hollywood Review
November 10th, 2014Nathalie Morris, (archive curator at the BFI) offers a positive review in Sight and Sound Magazine (December 2014)
‘valuable and enjoyable… a detailed and thorough study.’
‘provides valuable and enjoyable studies of a huge range of films while placing the studio within the context of issues affecting filming making across this period.’
‘a worthwhile addition to the growing body of research on British silent cinema.’
‘Chapman’s book chronicles, film by film, both the titles produced by the studio from 1920 onwards and those made by the company Gainsborough Pictures.. even when these were shot elsewhere. This approach helps build a sense of continuity across projects and careers, and gives an impression of the wider production scene in and around London.’
Chapman makes steps toward a major reassessment of the career of Graham Cutts ‘with a passionate defence of the director and his work.’
‘Another strength of the book is its highlighting of other personnel and roles such as costume designer Marcelle de Saint Martin… and continuity supervisor Renie Marrison.’
Chapman also ‘offers useful and informative pocket biographies of the host of other directors, writes, cameramen and actors who crossed the studio’s threshold during the 1920s’
London’s Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years
The first ever evaluation of the history, output and achievement of the most iconic film studio in London during the 1920s ‘a microcosm of the evolution of the British film industry during the silent era’…
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London’s Hollywood – Book of the Week
November 5th, 2014London’s Hollywood is book of the week on The Great British British Bookshop
‘…a microcosm of the evolution of the British film industry during the silent era’.
Marcelle de Saint Martin and British silent film
October 13th, 2014French born Marcelle De Saint Martin, became the first true head of a cohesive costume or wardrobe department for a British film studio beginning work at the Islington film Studio in the early 1920s.
A creative, talented and a striking beauty she had found great success designing costumes for the stage in London at the end of the First World War before joining Famous Players Lasky British Producers Ltd at their brand new American built and financed enterprise in a converted power station. And yet, her career as a designer for British silent film was sadly all too brief and short-lived.
The French designer, Marcelle De Saint Martin with some of her costume designs for productions filmed at the Islington film Studio in the early 1920s for Famous Players Lasky British Producers Ltd
London’s Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years
Published 15th July 2014
A detailed look at the British Silent Film industry with this first ever evaluation of the history, output and achievement of the most iconic film studio in England during the silent era.
Available in the following formats:
Hardback, £27, ISBN 9781909230132
Paperback, £14.99, ISBN 9781909230101
Amazon Kindle ebook, £8.99, ISBN 9781909230125
Apple ebook, £8.99, ISBN 9781909230118 (Through Apple / iTunes – search for title on iTunes bookstore)
Interview about London’s Hollywood in the Camden Review
September 25th, 2014
Video for London’s Hollywood
September 22nd, 2014A visual tour of the history of the Gainsborough (or Islington) studio in the silent years
‘a microcosm of the evolution of the British film industry during the silent era’.
A Review of London’s Hollywood on the Silent London blog
September 22nd, 2014Henry K. Miller’s review of London’s Hollywood on the Silent London blog
‘Gary Chapman is right to describe his subject as “a microcosm of the evolution of the British film industry during the silent era” ‘.
‘Chapman’s book is comprehensive… an invaluable resource for students of the period.’
Digital Sampler for London’s Hollywood
July 2nd, 2014Take a look at the digital sampler for
London’s Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years to be published 15th July 2014
Betty Balfour in Love, Life and Laughter (1923)
June 24th, 2014Betty Balfour in Love, Life and Laughter (1923) mostly filmed at the Islington studio by George Pearson
London’s Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years
will be published 15th July 2014
A detailed look at the British Silent Film industry with this first ever evaluation of the history, output and achievement of the most iconic film studio in England during the silent era.
Available in the following formats:
Hardback, £27, ISBN 9781909230132
Paperback, £14.99,
ISBN 9781909230101
From Amazon.co.uk
From Amazon.com
From The Book Depository (hardback)
From The Book Depository (paperback)
Amazon Kindle ebook, £8.99,
ISBN 9781909230125
Apple ebook, £8.99,
ISBN 9781909230118
(Through Apple / iTunes – search for title on iTunes bookstore)
Fabric Effects in Sugar : First Steps and Basic Skills OUT NOW
January 22nd, 2013
Available from:
Amazon.co.uk : e-book Kindle edition
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Paperback (UK) : through Marketplace sellers on Amazon
Paperback (USA)
Apple / i-tunes ebook (search for title)
Signed copies can be purchased by sending a cheque for £9 (to include p&p) to Gary Chapman. Overseas orders can also be fulfilled and paid via paypal. Please email info@garychapmancakes for details.
A detailed digital brochure for the re-issue of my long out of print book Fabric Effects in Sugar, now available as an e-book and as a paperback