Whats happening to the Gainsborough studios – are they being developed?
PH: We were there yesterday and it was fascinating seeing all sorts of things including The Lady Vanishes which he made completely in the studio, no location work whatsoever. All that snow which you saw was done in the studio and it was fascinating to see Gainsborough, but I heard that they were remodelling it. AW: My understanding is that there is going to be a combination of development and part of it is going to be a redeveloped film studio. That’s what the BFI has been told. Pat, do you have any memories of being at Gainsborough? PH: The one I remember best was The Lady Vanishes. I would love going on set. Whilst other children would go and see their father in the office I would go on the set. So it was no big deal for me. I loved it. Question 16: How did Hitchcock’s cameos start? PH: It was in the olden days when there weren’t enough people on the set and they needed a crowd scene everybody would go on set to do the crowd scene and he had such fun doing them he then started doing
