[…] River Kwai (1957) BAFTA for Casualties (Cutting Edge series 1991) Oscar Barry Lyndon (1975) Hollywood Oscar Costume design Commander of the Order of the […]
[…] classics such as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Lolita (1961),  The Hill (1965), Oliver! (1968) (nominated for an Oscar in 1968) and Goodbye Mr Chips (1969) following in quick succession. Pumpkin […]
[…]d comes out the other end of a Turkish bath as Blimp. I can’t remember how they did it, and Perinal, this great French photographer who was our first Oscar winner I think – he was [Alexander] Korda’s cameraman, and it took two days. Well, I was used to 40 to 60 set-ups a day at Ealing. You daren’t l[…]
[…]riety of films, colour and B&W; Robert Siodmak and The Rough and the Smooth; a few small picture for Cubby Broccoli and Tony Newly; The Trials of Oscar Wilde directed by Ken Hughes shot at Elstree, seven weeks from shooting to the premiere; interesting and challenging set on Oscar Wilde, KA expe[…]