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[…]rked for me before then, or whether it was afterwards On the British however, a buddy of his was Wing Commander, Wing Commander, Wing Commander, Bill Williams. Bill Williams and we used to take the wine and the old Wellington and breaks introduced me to Bill Williams, who was, who is the Air Force F[…]
[…]led with this serial, partly because I think the pianist used to give it a lot of um, tremolo and that sort of thing, and play the old overtures like William Tell, and you know, she brought it to life for me. Then one evening I went in and to my horror there was no piano and this Houdini who had bee[…]
[…]urant. Those three were from Germany. Courant left later to go to Hollywood. Then we had three Americans, Charlie van anger theater, Noel and Glenn McWilliams. There were six found now the British representation were two Benet Noel and Leslie Rosen were two British came around. They were given inter[…]
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Yes, I think, yes, both. Both.
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Yes, they were film directors too. Yah. And William Wyler and people like that. I was a great admirer of Wyler’s. [pause] And of course, I, you know, certain American editors.
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[…] I wouldn't do it! And they said, "Vernon, we've got William Lundigan we've engaged him for this picture." I said, […]
[…]It was the most extraordinary, they wanted me to make a film on motor car racing. Dreadful stuff, I wouldn't do it! And they said, "Vernon, we've got William Lundigan we've engaged him for this picture." I said, "Well it's rubbish!" So they said, "Well look here Vernon, if we get a really first clas[…]
[…]ater, there was a cameraman called Jimmy Rogers, James Rogers, who I worked for, and of course, later still, Claude Friese Greene, who was the son of William Friese Greene, who we, in England claim invented the motion picture. But that comes a little later. What happened was that I finally got a job[…]
[…] Juliet.' Bill Hobbs, you know - who did the fight, William Hobbs - that fantastic fight he did between the […]
[…] and where his arm was going to be - it's like a fight. Like when we did the fights for 'Romeo and Juliet.' Bill Hobbs, you know - who did the fight, William Hobbs - that fantastic fight he did between the boys, every single thing is worked out in a fight, and when you see it, it looks as if it's ne[…]
