[…] wanted to shoot all his scenes at night like that, which was pretty tricky really because physically the rest of the crew couldn’t see a damn thing. Make-up? I’d no idea!So I remember putting up one light, ND filters, neutral density filters so thick itt was like that [demonstrates], and still it l[…]
[…]d have one last go. I went to her dressing room, knocked on her door and I said “Shirley can I just come in?” and luckily, she opened the door, make-up streaming, and I got down on my knees I remember. [Laughter] I literally got down on my knees and I said “Shirley there is a whole[…]
[…]k of my own children or grandchildren and how they're... the whole side of finding out about yourself growing up, about experimenting with clothes or make-up. You couldn't do that. I mean, you couldn't buy clothes, there weren't any. I remember one of my great things was I wanted a house coat, somet[…]
[…] big plate glass window so you could see the studio unless it was obscured by the set. And I remember Wyllis Cooper though it's probably a make-up man and a costume lad or whatever and they were chattering away probably by an open mike and I remember Wyllis saying, “Will you two faggots s[…]
[…]at nights. You had to stand duty at the local stations like Penge East Station, railway station, stuff like that. And so on Monday morning, which was make-up morning, I used to get back to the theatre about half past six and start spooling up for the programme. I was doing about 72 hours a week, I m[…]
[…]y, very lovely, modest, kind American - not too many of those. He was so diffident, so easily embarrassed in spite of his great knowledge. He was the make-up editor at Paramount News in America before he was seconded to the OWI. When I first went to meet him it was like walking into a clich�. He was[…]
[…] RJ: Well we worked very long hours, I remember taking the work man’s train and it was much cheaper. We had to be in by seven in the morning for make-up and hair and I can remember working with Leslie Howard and Leslie was always late coming to rehearsal. On one occasion, I used to rehearse wit[…]
