TRUE AS A TURTLE 1957 Michael Briant GEORGE COURTENAY WARD Concertina PORTRAIT

Original 9 1/4 inch x 7 1/4 inch Portrait of MICHAEL BRIANT playing the concertina in the 1957 Wendy Toye Comedy TRUE AS A TURTLE.

Michael Briant went on to become a successful TV director with such series as Dr. Who; Emmerdale; Z Cars; Dixon of Dock Green; Blakes 7; Secret Army; Howard’s Way and Eastenders.

The portrait is by George Courtenay Ward
George Courtney Ward, who died at his home in Westbourne on February 15, 2011, aged 93, photographed some of the most famous names in cinema during his 30 years working at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. Dirk Bogarde, Michael Caine, Frank Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, Alec Guinness and Kenneth More were just some of the screen stars in George’s portfolio. He was understood to be a good friend of Lord Attenborough and worked on some of the best-loved British films, including Oliver Twist in 1948, This Sporting Life in 1963 and Great Expectations in 1946, and also designed the artwork for Brief Encounter. Ward was born in Christchurch in 1917 and grew up in the town before becoming a stills photographer at Pinewood where he worked for 30 years before moving to Elstree studios in 1969 when the photographic department was closed down.

The portrait is in very good condition.