[…]d made redundant - we were all fired in actual fact because there was no work for us. And again I was very lucky because I went almost immediately to Warner Brothers in Teddington. That if I remember rightly was due to the fact that I'd worked as a co-assistant with a chap named Stan Pavey and Stan […]
[…]oon take it away. Let me have a go.’ Well, I had a go and this American cameraman was so much better - fellow called Musuraca - he became, he went to Warner Brothers, I think. I've got my film guide out there, I could look into that for you if you like. But I processed this negative and had no probl[…]
[…]verything, that we weren’t going to make any money out of it, that it was just a film that had to be made and, er, I spoke to some guy, I remember at Warner Brothers and it was actually he, he was a vice President, and he would say well the publishing rights are with me and not David, so I will [ina[…]
[…]get this together, why not? So I went off to RADA and suggested it and they said, okay, and their final year students consisting of people like David Warner came and auditioned for me. I didn't cast David. To this day, he won't forgive me because he wanted to play the part of Britannus. I did cast i[…]
[…]ed. He wasn't prepared to believe it, and he satisfied himself by going up the ladder and having a look. That was one of the most beautiful sets. Tom Warner and Tom used to have a sketch, and he had a pin hole, and you looked through the sketch, and if the set had been built right, it all fitted on […]
[…]ntury-Fox, which was given at the old Chaplin Studios in the center of Hollywood—a huge picture of really sensational quality. At the same time, Warner Bros. opened up, about March 1953, with their first 3-D film, House of Wax, in Eastmancolor. Still a “B” picture, but well-made. And, again, ex[…]