1 hr 12 min

Tony Tenser, Part 1: Tenser As Nature Intended The Big Screen Biograph

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Tony Tenser was a classic East End wheeler-dealer. A genius at marketing with a keen sense of the commercial.
In this episode, we look at his early career - including his start making the most famous British nudist film, his wild documentaries on swinging London and his attempt to take on Hammer studios with Gothic horror!
Tenser was also the man who produced Roman Polanski's first English language film. The groundbreaking surrealist horror movie "Repulsion".
But Tony took a misstep with his attempt to bring Sherlock Holmes back to the big screen...
Find out more in episode one of The Big Screen Biograph...

Tony Tenser was a classic East End wheeler-dealer. A genius at marketing with a keen sense of the commercial.
In this episode, we look at his early career - including his start making the most famous British nudist film, his wild documentaries on swinging London and his attempt to take on Hammer studios with Gothic horror!
Tenser was also the man who produced Roman Polanski's first English language film. The groundbreaking surrealist horror movie "Repulsion".
But Tony took a misstep with his attempt to bring Sherlock Holmes back to the big screen...
Find out more in episode one of The Big Screen Biograph...

1 hr 12 min