Shoot the rehearsal! : behind the scenes with assistant director Reggie Callow
Ridgeway (Reggie) Callow began his film career in the early 1930s and for four decades worked as an assistant director on some of the most memorable films in Hollywood history. In the early 1970s, over a period of several months, film historian Rudy Behlmer conducted interviews with Callow, and the result is this edited version of informal conversations recorded between the two men. These extracts recount what it was like to work on such celebrated films as Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, Mutiny on the Bounty, and The Sound of Music, recalling the work of filmmakers Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hughes, David O. Selznick, Michael Curtiz, John Huston, Carol Reed, Lewis Milestone, and Robert Wise. It also provides information about stars of the period, including Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Grace Kelly, James Cagney, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Marlon Brando, Julie Andrews, and others
interviews
ix, 157 pages ; 22 cm
9780810874404, 9780810874411, 0810874407, 0810874415
540643992
Howard Hughes and Hell's angels
R.K.O. Radio Pictures
Selznick International (and digressions on directors)
Gone with the wind
Columbia Pictures
Warner Bros
Eagle-Lion
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The red badge of courage
MGM (continued)
Mutiny on the bounty
The sand pebbles, The Andromeda strain, etc
The sound of music
Television
Pre-production and rehearsing
Filmography
Includes filmography and index