[…]eah yeah I was. Yeah. I was in … Rodney Giesler:Made sure everyone hit their cues? Roy Fowler:Absolutely in the prompt corner and yeah like lighting cues the whole thing, curtain up curtain down. Yeah, yeah I mean that's easy enough it's just a matter of intelligence. But when it came to i[…]
[…]Stoll's. Because Clifford Pember was away doing something, I had to show Freddie the set, and ask him if there was anything he wanted altered for his lighting and that sort of thing. Freddie, at that time, had been ten years in films, and I had been about a month, or six weeks. But anyhow, we got ta[…]
[…]e or colour, and even if it would be made at all. But I didn't know just exactly how much difference the colour made to the costs. Added a lot to the lighting costs. But what else is the processing and everything? I don't know, but I know that there used to be a lot of haggling about it, whether it […]
[…] tend to have a simple mind [laughs] and I like to keep track of the ideas. And when I see all the beautiful scenery, and all the emotion and all the lighting and all the this and that, I think oh yes, what are we getting into now? And I don't like not knowing. I think it's really that simple. Somet[…]
[…] that was a nice design, because he was a good designer. So as I say, I didn't see him then […]
[…] wanted to do, he used to leave it to the lighting director and me to get on with the job […]
1 E ric Cross ( Lighting Camer aman – DOP) Career in film industry: 1926 to (circa) 1962 Credits include: […]
Peter Lamont Production Designer Interviewer: Paul Frith (PF) Date: 28/07/2018 Total Length: 01:25:07 PF: This is an interview with Peter Lamont, 24 July 2018. I just want to thank you Peter for taking part in this. So just to start, perhaps you could tell us a little bit ab[…]
[…]ith aluminium, see? So he made special... whatsit. They he made what they called the 'SS-Car', see? And that was a nice design, because he was a good designer. So as I say, I didn't see him then until after the war. So he sent for me after the war. I had my studio going and I was well known in the t[…]
[…]rve the Rib Room it’s puddings and deserts.” So, I said “You can’t. You can’t stop now in the middle of this.” I said, “I’ll delegate the lighting man to serve the Rib Room.” [laughter from all three]. So, the Rib Room were getting their puddings served up by the lighting man form […]
