Encyclopedia > Bernard Robinson (production designer)
Bernard Robinson was born in Liverpool, England in 1912 and died in 1970. He designed sets for several of Hammer's films in their heyday, including The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958), Curse of the Werewolf (1960), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), The Gorgon (1964) and Quatermass and the Pit (1968). He was known for giving the Hammer films a lavish, expensive look while working from a minimal budget. The association ended with his premature death in 1970. Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough on Merseyside in north west England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Hammer horror refers to a series of low-budget horror films produced in the late 1950s through the 1970s by the British film studio Hammer Films, although it is sometimes also used to refer to films made in a similar style by other smaller studios such as, for example, Amicus... The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 horror film made by Britains Hammer Films. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dracula (1958) is the first of a series of Hammer Horror movies inspired by Bram Stokers novel Dracula. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Curse of the Werewolf is a 1960 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Studios. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The title character as depicted by Lon Chaney, Sr. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1967 advertising poster for the films UK release. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...