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but had worked as only
Hitch's operator in the past,

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not as a cameraman.
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Some of the other key positions
were new.

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But he liked to be comfortable.
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But even though he worked
with these people,

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there were very few
who talked to him.

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(Man) Hitch had wanted to shoot
in San Francisco.

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I had looked for two days
for this location,

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for this spooky house on a corner
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with a garage situation,
and the set was all lit.

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So, up drives Hitch
with his driver, Ole,

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and the window went down
just a little bit.

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Hitch says, W hat are we doing here?"
So, I says, this is the exterior, and so on.

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And he says,
Why are we doing it here?"

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I said, "Hitch,
you wanted to do it here."

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And he says, "Well, how do you
expect me to get a performance

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out of my actors in this cold weather?"
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And he said, "That's the trouble
with you young art directors."

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He says, "You have no imagination."
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"I think we'd better do it
back at the studio."

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With that, the window went up,
and the car drove off.

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So, the whole schedule changed.
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- Mr Adamson?
- Watch him.

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But anyway, we built the set,
and it was very nice.

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Now, comes to the time
to shoot the set.

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Hitch always drove
right on the stage with his car,

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took six or seven steps to his chair
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and now he says,
"This is more like it. This is nice."

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"Well, do you like it?"
He says, "It's beautiful."

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So I said, W ell, then, everything's
OK?" And he says, "Fine."

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Well, I never stay with the company,
and once Hitch says it's OK,

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or any director, I'm off, 'cause
I'm working ahead of the company.

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And I'd taken about ten steps,
and Hitch says,

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"Bummy, my friends
in San Francisco tell me

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that of all the corners in San Francisco,
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you picked the coldest."
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"How did you manage?"

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