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Room at the Top is a 1959 British drama film based on the 1957 novel by John Braine. It was adapted by Neil Paterson (with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler), directed by Jack Clayton (his feature-length debut), and produced by John and James Woolf.
Jul 17, 2023 · A story of social climbing and a passionate affair in 1950s Yorkshire, Room at the Top is an Oscar-winning landmark of British film. How have its locations changed since?
It was inside Cartwright Hall (now Bradford 's civic art gallery) in Lister Park, Keighley Road a couple of miles northwest of the city centre, that the dance scene was filmed. Room At The Top location: the Browns’ posh mansion: Ramada Bradford/Leeds Hotel, Bradford Road, Bingley, West Yorkshire
Dec 14, 2010 · A new adaptation of British film classic Room at the Top is being shot at locations around West Yorkshire. Based on a novel by Bingley author John Braine, the film was originally a big screen...
Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears. Running time. 117 minutes. This drama of social mobility in a northern factory town proved a landmark British film thanks to director Jack Clayton’s mature treatment of sexuality and class.
Room at the Top, released at the beginning of 1959, was the first of the 'new wave' films. It came from established industry producers, John and James Woolf, and was a huge box-office hit. This success opened up new possibilities for British filmmakers.
May 3, 2011 · Acclaimed as the first British film to treat sex seriously - i.e. to show it as enjoyable rather than sinful - and as one of the first to show the North of England as it 'really was'.
