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Conrad Wagner's score, com-
posed specially for the film. is
being recorded by a quartet
comprising piano, flute, clarinet
and violin. The film will then
be made to fit the track- a com-
paratively simple process with
single-frame work.
Kodachrome screen tests have
been made, and a cast of four
selected. Members of the Group
who have seen the tests believ~
t hat they have a discovery to
rival Gerry Potterton, the pop-
eyed intruder of Two's Company,
in Dick Simmonds, who will play
t he stop-at-nothing salesman
w ho pesters the honeymoon
couple of the title. The script
is by Robin Prentice, and Daborn
is directing.
Meanwhile he is also busy on
Battle of Wangapore, an even
more ambitious cartoon than
History of Walton. The film is RichaTd Eastleigh comm ents on
alJ;eady in its third year of pro- the script " Bride and Groom",
duction. The team of animators w hile D esmond Roe monitors a
and cameramen working under t est 1·ecording of t h e quartet
Daborn's supervision were very r eh eaTsing in the next room.
satisfied when they saw the first
75 ft. of colour rushes screened
in sync. with the pre-recorded
tape; but despite this additiona l
spur to their enthusiasm, they s imilar productions as indivi-
admit that the work involved is duals or separate units. A
such that they will be lucky to cartoon of Lear's The Dong With
finish the film this year. the Luminotts Nose, As Shadows
Unlike most clubs, the Grass- Go, a psychological fantasy,
hopper Group is not restricted to Rocket Away, a science-fiction
a local membership. Much of cartoon, and Little Red Riding
its work is done through the Hood, a musical fantasy which
post, and associate members are h as involved the shooting of
w idely scattered. For an annual 10,000 ft. of colour and the co-
florin they are kept in touch operation of 80 instrumentalist s
w ith all the Group's activities - these are just a few of the
through Grasshopper News, a films which members, associates
lively and informative journal and allied clubs h ave in pro-
which covers cartoon and experi- duction.
mental work by both amateurs The Grasshoppers believe that
and professionals. During the experiment and obscurity have
coming winter a series of pro- become too closely allied in the
grammes of work in these minds of amateurs. With Two's
spheres will be shown at a Company they showed that ex-
rendezvous in central London. periments can be entertaining.
Besides the Group ventures, They intend to keep on proving
many members are tackling it.
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