Everything went off fine for a couple of weeks, and then suddenly we were doing a scene and Marlon spoke to the cameraman, right past me. He said: 'Look, I'll tell you, when I go like this, it means roll it, and this gesture means you stop the camera. You don't stop the camera until I give you the signal'. Well, I was amazed, but I didn't say anything about it.
"Lewis Milestone" was a Moldavian-born American motion picture director. He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)/All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Director/Best Director. He also directed The Front Page (1931 film)/The Front Page (1931 – nomination), The General Died at Dawn (1936), Of Mice and Men (1939 film)/Of Mice and Men (1939), Ocean's 11 (1960), and received the directing credit for Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)/Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), though Marlon Brando largely appropriated his responsibilities during its production.
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