THE LIGHT'S ON AT SIGNPOST - Memoirs of the Movies Among Other Matters

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2002. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xxiii) 328 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; beige endpapers. Ex-library copy in quite decent condition; price intact on the dustjacket. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Chapters are: Shooting Script 1 - One for All and All for Fun; Angry Old Man 1 - Fourth Afghan; Interlude - Law for Sale; Shooting Script 2 - With the Tudors in Hungary; Angry Old Man 2 - The Westminster Farce; Interlude - Orcs and Goblins; Shooting Script 3 - Gene Hackman Should Have Blown Up Vesuvius; Angry Old Man 3 - The Europe Fiasco; Interlude - Act of Settlement; Shooting Script 4 - Not a Bad Bismarck Was I; Angry Old Man 4 - The Day of the Pygmies; Interlude - A Writer a Soldier a Comedian a Football Hero a Beverly Hillbilly; Angry Old Man 5 - The Truth that Dare Not Speak its Name; Interlude - To Scotland with Love; Shooting Script 5 - Phlam with Cheese for the Stars; Angry Old Man 6 - Crime and Punishment; Interlude - No One Did it Better; Shooting Script 6 - Thirty Years in Hollywood and You Can Still Learn Something New; Interlude - Pictures of Russia; Angry Old Man 7 - The Defeat of the British Army; Interlude - Special Relationship; Shooting Script 7 - Everywhere but Hong Kong; Angry Old Man 8 - How to Encourage Race Hatred; Interlude - Not According to Lady Bracknell; Shooting Script 8 - You Want to Put Bond in a Gorilla Suit; Angry Old Man 8 - Dumbing Down Down Down...; Interlude - The Perfect Premier; Shooting Script 9 - Forget Fellini; Angry Old Man 10 - This Unsporting Life; Shooting Script 10 - The Ones that Got Away; and For the Record; followed by a conclusion and an index..