Lewis Gilbert

1. – Freddie Bartholomew, David Copperfield, 1934. The future director of Alfie, Educatingh Rita and three007 films, started as a kid playing often more than a single role in UK quickies. One of them, Dick Turpin, led to an invite to meet the illustrious Hollywood director George Cukor – in London to find Copperfield as a child, It was a short interview. “How old are you?” “Thirteen,.” “I thought so. We’re really looking for a boy who’s ten.” 

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