Clive Stanley Donner (21 January 1926 – 6 September 2010)

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who was part of the

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, directing films such as ''

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'', '' Nothing but the Best'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He also directed

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and

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through the mid-1990s.

Early career

Donner was born in

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. His father was a concert violinist and his mother ran a dress shop; his grandparents were Polish-Jewish immigrants. Donner began his filmmaking career while attending Kilburn Polytechnic. He began working in the film industry as a cutting-room assistant at

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, having gained the job after joining his father, who was at the studio to record the soundtrack for the film ''

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'' (1943). Donner did his eighteen months of

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with the

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, and afterwards was hired by

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as a

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, where the movies he worked on included '' Scrooge'' (1951), with

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; ''

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'' (1952), with

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; ''

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'' (1953), a comedy about a vintage car rally; ''

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'' (1954), with

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; and ''

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'' (1955), with

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Career as director

Early works

Donner began his professional directing career on a number of low-budget films, including '' The Secret Place'' (1957), a crime drama about a troubled youth, starring

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, Ronald Lewis, and

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, ''

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'' (1958) a melodrama starring

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and

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, and '' Some People'' (1962), a film about a group of alienated youths who form a rock band, starring

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and Ray Brooks. His television work during that time included episodes of ''

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'' (1960) and ''

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'' (1961–62), as well as ''Mighty and Mystical'', a documentary series about

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1960s

Donner's breakthrough directing role came with ''

'' (1963), a film made with a low-budget funded almost entirely by financial contributions starting at £1,000 each from such individuals as

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and

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, with the stars bypassing their standard fees and taking shares of the film's revenue. The movie, based on the play of the same name by

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, was filmed in

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with

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. Donner's next film, '' Nothing but the Best'' (1964), was a

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on the British

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starring Alan Bates and

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, based on a screenplay by

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. The film tells the story of Jimmy Brewster (played by Bates) as a lower-class striver who seeks to move up in the system under the tutelage of his upper crust instructor Charlie Prince (Elliott). Donner's first large-budget film was ''

'' (1965), an American-financed

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shot in France, starring

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and

. O'Toole played the womanizer Michael James, who does his best to remain faithful to his fiancée Carole Werner (

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), while numerous women –

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Capucine Capucine (, born Germaine Hélène Irène Lefebvre , 6 January 1928 – 17 March 1990) was a French fashion model and actress known for her comedic roles in ''The Pink Panther'' (1963) and ''What's New Pussycat?'' (1965). She appeared in 36 film ...

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– fall in love with him, with Sellers playing the role of his psychoanalyst, Dr. Fassbender. The success of the

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, performed by Tom Jones, added to the motion picture's success with audiences.

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, who wrote the

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and made his first screen appearance in the movie, hated the end result, commenting that the vision he had for the movie in his original script had been distorted. Donner's film '' Luv'' (1967), an adaptation of the play by

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, starred

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and

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, but the addition of locations and characters to the original work led to criticism of the casting and direction, and the film was a commercial failure. Donner rounded out the 1960s with the 9th-century period piece ''

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'' (1969), starring David Hemmings.

1970s

In 1973, Donner's essay into theatre, directing

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's play ''

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'' at the

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, Islington was ultimately produced internationally. Donner directed the film '' Vampira'' (US: ''Old Dracula'', 1974), a comedy horror film of the

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genre that sought to piggyback on the commercial success of ''

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'' for its US release. He directed the

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'' (1977), produced by

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1980s

The Nude Bomb ''The Nude Bomb'' (also known as ''The Return of Maxwell Smart'') is a 1980 American spy comedy film based on the 1965-70 television series ''Get Smart''. It stars Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, and was directed by Clive Donner. It was r ...

'' (1980) is a comedy based on the television series ''

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'', which featured

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reprising his role as secret agent Maxwell Smart. This was followed by the parody ''

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen ''Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen'' is a 1981 comedy–mystery film directed by Clive Donner that stars Peter Ustinov, Angie Dickinson and Lee Grant. Plot Retired detective Charlie Chan is asked for his help by the San Francisco p ...

'' (1981) featuring

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, Michelle Pfeiffer, and

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. ''

Stealing Heaven ''Stealing Heaven'' is a 1988 film directed by Clive Donner and starring Derek de Lint, Kim Thomson and Denholm Elliott. It is a costume drama based on the French 12th-century medieval romance (a true story) of Peter Abelard and Héloïse and on ...

'' (1988) is a

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based on the 12th-century romance of

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and

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Michael Wilmington, "Movie Reviews: ‘Stealing Heaven’ Updates Heloise and Abelard", ''

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'', April 28, 1989 and was Donner's last theatrical film. For television, Donner directed a film version of ''

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'' (1982) with

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and

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and productions based on two

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novels, ''

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'' (1982) and ''

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'' (1984), both starring

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Death

Donner died at age 84 on 7 September 2010 in

due to complications of

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.Grimes, William
"Clive Donner, 1960s-Era Film Director, Dies at 84"
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'', 9 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010. His Australian wife, Jocelyn Rickards, a costume designer whom he met while working on ''Alfred the Great'' and married in 1969, had died in 2005.

Bibliography

Donner discusses the making of all his films in the book ''Six English Filmmakers'' (2014, Paul Sutton)

Selected filmography

* '' Scrooge'' (editor, 1951) * ''

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'' (editor, 1954) * '' The Secret Place'' (1957) * ''

'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1960) * ''

The Sinister Man ''The Sinister Man'' is a 1961 British crime drama film directed by Clive Donner and starring Patrick Allen and John Bentley. It was one of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries, British second-features, produced at Merton Park Studios in the 19 ...

'' (1961) * '' Some People'' (1962) * ''

'' (1963) * '' Nothing but the Best'' (1964) * ''

'' (1965) * ''

'' (1967) * '' Luv'' (1967) * ''

'' (1969) * '' Vampira'' (1974) * '' Rogue Male'' (1976) * ''

'' (1977) * ''

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'' (1977) * '' She Fell Among Thieves'' (1978) * '' The Thief of Baghdad'' (1978) * ''

'' (1980) * ''

'' (1981) * ''

'' (1982) * ''

To Catch a King ''To Catch a King'' is a 1984 American thriller film directed by Clive Donner and written by Roger O. Hirson. Based on the 1979 novel by Jack Higgins (writing as Harry Patterson), the film stars Robert Wagner, Teri Garr, Horst Janson, John Stand ...

'' (1984) * ''

Arthur the King ''Arthur the King'' is an upcoming American adventure film directed by Simon Cellan Jones, written by Michael Brandt, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, and Juliet Rylance. It is based on the 2016 non-fiction book ''Arthur - The Dog Who Cross ...

'' (1985) * ''

Dead Man's Folly ''Dead Man's Folly'' is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in October 1956 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 5 November of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.9 ...

'' (1986) * '' Babes in Toyland'' (1986) * ''

'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1990) * ''

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'' (1993)

References

External links

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