On September 12th,
the great and good descended upon the Odeon Leicester Square Theatre for a red carpet
event. No, not a film premiere but rather a pictorial account of 60 years of
film premieres, with the launch of Harry Myers' book Pictures and Premieres. Celebrating six
decades of being the official photographer of film premieres, Royal Film
Performances and high profile 'Wardour Street' events; Harry has compiled 300 of
his favourite photographs into a dazzling book, with a Foreword by Sir Roger
Moore.
The book was co-authored by Cinema Retro columnist Gareth Owen and John Willis.
All of the James Bond
premieres feature, as do The Beatles. Scores of industry legends such as Cecil B.
DeMille, Alfred Hitchcock, Louis B Mayer, Dino DeLaurentis punctuate the pages
between film stars - and these were the days when stars were
stars!
The launch of the
book was a never-before-seen event at the Odeon. Over 150 people gathered to
view the photographs on display, and to pick up a copy of the book. Amongst the
celebs were: Dave Prowse, Sherrie Hewson, Earl Cameron, Euan Lloyd, Roy Ward
Baker, Caroline Munro, Nina Myskow, Shane Rimmer, Thomas Wheatley, John Moreno,
Jan Williams, Maddy Smith, Valerie Leon and many more.
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