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I just saw a fabulous one and an
half
hour documentary of Jack
Cardiff as an
introductory of him being
honored as the star
celebrity of the month.
He
also spoke of Errol, but no mentioning
of the ill-fated
movie of
William
Tell. He was the cinematographer
for 'The Master of
Ballantrae
1953' and 'Crossed Swords 1954', it
must have been during
this
time
that
they became friends as
later
Errol chose him to be his
director
for 'William
Tell', with which
Errol would have given
him
his
first
chance
to direct a movie and
with his
most fabulous cinematography
expertise it
would have been a fantastic
movie. Apparently
and as stated in
the documentary Jack
Cardiff
was
very interested to
direct
movies and as it
looks like Errol maybe saw
the talent in
his
capacity and
wanted
for Jack a start
of
a 'dream
come true'. What a great
pity that it
didn't
fly! Jack, although
went
into directing
from 1960 to 1974 and directed
eight
movies and
was
behind
the camera from
1936 to 2000. He speaks of Errol collapsing
on the set
during
the filming
of 'Crossed Swords' at which
time
the doctors told
him
his
liver is
gone and
he is on his
way
out or so to say. Not Errol -
he came back
with a tumbler
full of Vodka in
his
hand.
We all have read that Errol was hospitalized in Naples for that liver problem, but not during what movie, now we know - it was 'Crossed Swords'.
Taken from the Jack Cardiff website - Errol resting during 'Crossed Swords'
Jack' s movie credits as a cinematographer are incredible! He worked with Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Sophia Loren, Ingrid Bergman, David Niven, Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, James Mason just to name a few and of course with our Errol!
Jack Cardiff was quite a man and to be admired for his great contribution to the movie industry (if you are interested read all about him jackcardiff.com and therefore it is not surprising that Hollywood gave him an honorary Oscar for his accomplishments. As we all know they are quite stingy with them. Apparently and please correct me if I am wrong, I am not up to par with Oscars, cinematography is not one of the Oscar awarding category or was not in his time. Whatever the case he received one, although late in his life, for serving the movie industry a lifetime most outstandingly!
Errol, would he have lived to see it would have been very pleased about it!
We all have read that Errol was hospitalized in Naples for that liver problem, but not during what movie, now we know - it was 'Crossed Swords'.
Taken from the Jack Cardiff website - Errol resting during 'Crossed Swords'
Jack' s movie credits as a cinematographer are incredible! He worked with Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Sophia Loren, Ingrid Bergman, David Niven, Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, James Mason just to name a few and of course with our Errol!
Jack Cardiff was quite a man and to be admired for his great contribution to the movie industry (if you are interested read all about him jackcardiff.com and therefore it is not surprising that Hollywood gave him an honorary Oscar for his accomplishments. As we all know they are quite stingy with them. Apparently and please correct me if I am wrong, I am not up to par with Oscars, cinematography is not one of the Oscar awarding category or was not in his time. Whatever the case he received one, although late in his life, for serving the movie industry a lifetime most outstandingly!
Errol, would he have lived to see it would have been very pleased about it!
