Film folk farewell old St Kilda studio before demolition

By Lawrence Money
October 25 2014 - 6:00am

The huge camera crane came with first-class credentials – it was used in the filming of Lawrence of Arabia for desert scenes in Jordan and Morocco. So Melbourne film-maker David Bilcock senior bought the crane and had it shipped to Australia but the camera crew were startled when it smoked and sparked like a faulty toaster. "We called in an electrician," recalls Horizon Films chief Paul Green "He opened up the bottom and all this sand fell out."

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