Dziwne losy wywtórni Hammer
The Strange Fortunes of Hammer Film Productions

Summary/Abstract: Dryja discusses ups and downs of the almost fifty year-long history of Britain’s Hammer Film Productions whose films played a significant role in the development of entertainment cinema. Dryja argues that the films were made according to the so-called “Hammer formula”, which allowed them to develop own aesthetics. Their characteristic features and style were responsible for shaping pop culture in a special way and inspired known directors (Francis Ford Coppola – "Dracula" or Kenneth Branagh - "Frankenstein"). Dryja reviews successive films (starting from Hammer’s first movies in the 1930s through its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s until its decline), making a parallel analysis of their themes, style, genre, the way they corresponded with Hollywood-made counterparts, and issues connected with the Hammer policy and economic aspects of its operations.

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