Crew Shot
1 Warren Mearns, the doyen of gaffers; 2 Alan Allen, sound; 3 Bill Constable, then swinging boom, later becoming a distinguished cinematographer and film teacher; 4 Peggy and 5 Hans Wetzel, then the sound expert and later Hans and Peggy founded the now-defunct movie museum on the Sunshine Coast; 6 I think is Bob somebody and possibly the first AD?; 7 may have been the producer?; 8 I can’t remember; 9 Jock Pettigrew, props; 10 Ken Wayne, actor, 11 Cecil Holmes, director; 12 how could I forget the name of the lead actress? - but I have!; 13 also forgotten; 14 Eric Wenban, props; 15 cinematographer Ross Wood Snr ACS behind the camera; 16 Barbara Turnbull, art director; 17 Jim Catlin, who I think was a grip?; 18 Val Frost, continuity; 19 Bewick Hack, who I think was production manager; 20 Dick Williams, electrics; 21 Alan Grice, camera assistant; 22 Bert Poulton, construction; 23 Dimitry..?, make-up; 24 Bill Copeland, editor; 25 Geof Hastings, assistant editor; 26 Cyril Bond, grip; and last but not least, 27 is Pat Sprice, electrics.
If any readers can point out any errors, or fill in names of the missing people and their roles I would love to hear from them. And why am I not in the picture? Simple, really - I took it!
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