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84, Charing Cross Road is a 1970 book by Helene Hanff.It is an epistolary memoir composed of letters from the twenty-year correspondence between the author and Frank Doel, chief buyer for Marks & Co antiquarian booksellers, located at the eponymous address in London.
Cohen was persuaded to allow his name to be abbreviated in the company's name. A book of correspondence between Helene Hanff and Frank Doel, together with other members of the staff between 1949 and 1968, published by Hanff as 84 Charing Cross Road, was later made into a stage play, television play and BAFTA-winning film. Marks & Co closed in 1970.
84 Charing Cross Road is a 1987 drama film directed by David Jones, and starring Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Mercedes Ruehl, and Jean De Baer. It is executive produced by Bancroft's husband, Mel Brooks .
Helene Hanff (April 15, 1916 – April 9, 1997) was an American writer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.She is best known as the author of the book 84, Charing Cross Road, which became the basis for a stage play, [1] television play, and film of the same name.
84 Charing Cross Road: David Jones: February 13, 1987 Columbia Pictures: $1,083,486: Drama 87% [8] Spaceballs: Mel Brooks June 24, 1987 Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer $38,119,483: Comic science fiction: 58% [9] 1989: The Fly II: Chris Walas: February 10, 1989 20th Century Fox $38,903,179: Science-fiction body horror 27% [10] 1991: Life Stinks: Mel ...
FRANK DOEL, who has been with us for over forty years. He will be greatly missed by us all and his many friends throughout the country. - Messrs. MARKS & CO., 84, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2.". When Hanff belatedly heard of his death she wrote a short autobiographical book which became the classic 84, Charing Cross Road. [8]
James subsequently directed tours of 84, the first with Miriam Karlin as Helene, and then Rula Lenska. In February 2015 his new production of 84 Charing Cross Road opened at Salisbury with Janie Dee as Helene and Clive Francis as Frank Doel.
Marks and his wife Elena feature prominently in Hanff's 1973 book The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, her memoir of her trip to England in 1971 in the wake of the success of 84, Charing Cross Road. [12] In 1998, Marks published his account of his work in SOE – Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's Story 1941–1945.