[…]? 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[…]
[…] a lot of friends, particularly the man who was first assistant but he was almost immediately made production manager, Fred […]
[…]day and on the Friday morning as usual word got around we were going to carry on working all night because we had to finish the film. Well the camera assistant I think was Jeff Talbott was then called yet although he was quite an old man. I think it was t a l b e r. Jeff Talbott he lived at We[…]
[…]f, you know …ALAN LAWSON: So, so from a callboy to a child actor, you then graduated?HARRY MILLER: Well, actually, from the callboy I got promoted to assistant stage manager and then, I, as soon as I thought the money’s not so good as my callboy salary so I thought manager, stage manager is the thin[…]
[…]lived there until 1948, then moved to another council estate. But left school 1950. I had two years’ training with the GPO as a telephone engineer, then went into the RAF for two years’ national service, 1952 – 54, and when I came out I went back to the GPO until 1957 when I joined the B[…]
[…]ilisation because the world is rich was just starting, which was the successor to world aplenty. And Michael Oren was the editor. And I was to be the assistant but in the end, I didn't get any advancement. But I went down on a date in June I can't remember, got my nice blue suit and my true behat sp[…]
[…]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[…]
[…] maintained er had not been paid.Incidentally my father won the case and er also um they definitely had financial troubles because the a young second assistant director was called Arthur Alcott and he told me once that they had to get out of Berlin and the bills hadn’t been paid and his job was to s[…]
[…]ide that day. We spent an hour on the set of Oliver Twist. Then she took me to lunch, and I spotted one or two big names. She went over to chat to an assistant with Powell & Pressburger to arrange a visit to the Red Shoes set. First we went back to the Oliver Twist set where they were filming a […]
