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[…]ting, so that was that really.  It was just a succession of one picture after another.  Obviously the whole studio employed the staff be it electricians, painters…AL It was permanent crew?GH Oh yes permanent crews.  There was no four walling in those days. [21.33]  And if there w[…]

[…]works shatters in hold and pipe organs. And so, there was an all connected up and ready to go. And of course, one can imagine that theatre elections, electricians was scared stiff of it, I mean reality should play something in order to bring up the lights. It was just hopeless. And of course the peo[…]

[…] allowed to go in. But I'll give you a clue, there's a very strong smell of naphtha afterwards, that's all I can tell you." Well I had the run of the electrician's workshop and there were layers of everything, and I was a pretty good practical mechanic myself. And I messed about at night until I dis[…]

[…]around by Hitchcock, who didn't like him very much, although he used him. And I do remember one incident which amused me beyond endurance. One of the electricians was very good at shooting peas, and on the side of the set he used to wait till Esmond was crossing the set and in action, you see, and h[…]

[…] is costing 27 pounds a minute while you goop? Which, in those days was an awful lot of money. But I had an awfully big crew for those days. I had 27 electricians, three on sound, you know, a big crew. Anyway, the film had a quite successful career, including sort of awards of which the one that sor[…]

[…] they used to run sixteen hours a day you see [chuckles] but the unit - that was me - ran for sixteen hours straight off. And the studio staff was an electrician and a carpenter, and that was it. And I've forgotten the name of the film now, but it was rather extraordinary because what happened was I[…]