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Bruisers (a parody of a boxing film), The Blunderland of Big Game (a wild animal film without any wild animals), So This Is Jollywood (a peep behind the scenes). Cut It Out (fun with the Censor) and A Typical Budget (a sequel to The Pathetic Gazette).
The interiors for these burlesques were made in a real studio, hired for one day for each subject. My expenses for the day averaged about £80 and included sets, furniture, costumes, props, negative, artists, cameraman, etc., though this cost was always more than doubled before completion. Battling Bruisers had no exteriors and we did the 67 scenes in one day ! This was achieved by having one camera fixed for ill long shots, while a second camera was mobile for changes of angles and closer shots.
(The real studio " referred to was 45 ft. long and 30 ft. wide, the one which Sir Herbert von Herkomer built at Bushey.)
Two of the films were all exterior, which was just as costly as working in the studio, for we lived on location for eight days, my cast and staff including Edwin Greenwood, John Orton, Lionel Rich and Mrs. Miles Mander.
Apart from these, I made one other short film for C. M. Woolf, entitled Money for Nothing, This cost £65 and was made for the first anniversary of the Shepherds Bush Pavilion, when Harold Lloyd's Hot Water was first shown in England. The film was all about the cut-throat methods of the film trade and the new Harold Lloyd film — about Hot Wardour Street, in fact. Michael Balcon, C. M. Woolf and many prominent exhibitors appeared in the picture. The film was not intended for public exhibition, but has been worn
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