Shoot the Rehearsal!: Behind the Scenes with Assistant Director Reggie Callow

Lanham MD/Toronto/Plymouth (UK): The Scarecrow Press, Inc.. Fine. 2010. 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. [nice clean as-new book, with no discernible wear]. Trade PB An extended oral history interview, conducted by film historian Rudy Behlmer, with Ridgeway (Reggie) Callow, one of Hollywood's veteran assistant directors, who worked in Hollywood from the early 1930s through the mid-1970s. His filmography includes such classics as GONE WITH THE WIND, REBECCA, THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, and dozens of others. As Behlmer explains in his introduction, Callow's reminiscences present a unique perspective on classic studio-era film production, treating "the production of American feature films from a vantage point different from that of the producer, director, performer, technician, critic, or historian. This is neither the glamorous Hollywood, the executive suite Hollywood, nor is it the Hollywood of the carefully nurtured mystique of the legendary pioneer creative figures. This is the workaday film business on a lower level -- yet high enough for observation and relevant recall on major films and personalities. Here are the temperaments, creative aspects, humorous sidelights, and all the varieties of behind-the-scenes stories of film-making." (xx) .