[…]work, but in the end the writing team was Ketley, Sylvia Clayton, and myself. Harry [s.l. Govern 0:23:51] came along and arrived as a, sort of, Assistant Producer, I mean, Dick strengthened the team, and these were Dick’s people, totally loyal to Dick and totally disloyal to Harold Cox, all of[…]
[…]? You're marvelous, you see. But then again, he said, Well, don't worry, because I have a word with Hitchcock. And after all, they must have a camera assistant. I don't see why you shouldn't be because I like your face around there. I like your cheerful attitude, and you obviously very good you work[…]
[…] got me an interview, and they
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needed a second assistant on End of the River. And, they said to me, ‘What experience have you had?’ And I have to say, I lied in my teeth. Because I had had hardly a[…]
[…] The pictures werenÔÇÖt made inefficiently but leisurely. RW B: The assistant director's rest cure was a Tom W allÔÇÖs picture. RF: […]
[…]BC, and my sister Hazel was working in the Variety Department at Aeolian Hall, but she heard of a vacancy going for a secretary to the Administrative Assistant of the Near East Department out at Aldenham, near Elstree, and she arranged an interview for me. I can’t think how I got that sort of j[…]
[…]00%. I mean, if a director got 40% out of his close up camera, he was very happy. And if he got more, he was even more happy. But of course being the assistant and being the first job or the second job you've done, I mean, you're striving for 100%. And as I say he went up went to bed. I sort of thin[…]
[…]4, needed a draughtsman. So through my brother I went and got the jobRoy Fowler: How did your brother connect with Alfred JungeMaurice Carter: He was assistant to Alfred Junge on films like xxxRoy Fowler: Although trained as an architect he was in the film industryMaurice Carter: He was a draughtsma[…]
[…]ER: M3Like for example. Well I after my a few weeks in the negative room where I didn't do any damage and there was an opportunity to work as a third assistant on a film called Johnny Frenchman being directed by Charles friend edited by Michael Truman with France was Rosie. And since I was obviously[…]
[…]ining up stuff. They had a editor there I think and I did some joining. I used to go to the recording of the commentaries but best of all I became an assistant Arthur Lavers who was the cameraman and he and I would go off together to cover these various things which were required of us. And I rememb[…]