Exclusive Films announced plans to begin making films again, but none were produced.
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Exclusive Films announced plans to begin making films again, but none were produced.
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Exclusive Films name came from Hinds' stage name, Will Hammer, which he had taken from the area of London in which he lived, Hammersmith.
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Exclusive Films convinced Anthony Hinds to rejoin the company, and a revived Hammer Film Productions set to work on Death in High Heels, The Dark Road, and Crime Reporter.
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On 12 February 1949, Exclusive Films registered "Hammer Film Productions" as a company with Enrique and James Carreras, and William and Tony Hinds as directors.
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Exclusive Films signed a one-year lease and began its 1951 production schedule with Cloudburst.
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Also in 1951, Hammer and Exclusive Films signed a four-year production and distribution contract with Robert Lippert, an American film producer.
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Exclusive Films was concerned about typecasting, and after filming The Satanic Rites of Dracula he finally quit the series.
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Hammer Exclusive Films had commercial success with some atypical output during this period, with film versions of several British TV situation comedies, most notably the ITV series On the Buses.
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Hammer Exclusive Films struggled on throughout the 1970s before going into liquidation in 1979.
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Also in 2012, Hammer and Alliance Exclusive Films announced two more films going into production during 2012, entitled The Quiet Ones and Gaslight.
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In 1980, Hammer Exclusive Films created an anthology series for British television, Hammer House of Horror.
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