Osteopath Artist (1961)
M, Ss and C, Us of osteopath Dr Stephen Ward in his Devonshire Street surgery in London, manipulating the back of a male patient who is stretched out on the table before him. C, U of his hands working on the man s back, ; mix through into C, U of his hand sketching. Commentator tells us how, after reaching the top of his profession Stephen decided to conquer another field: art. M, S of Stephen sketching and looking up at his subject. C, U of his subject s hands; in one of them is a cigarette in a holder; tilt up to show it is TerryThomas, looking rather serious. C, U of the portrait taking shape; M, S from behind Stephen Ward as we see TerryThomas wipe his nose with a handkerchief. C, Us of Stephen sketching, intercut with his portraits on the wall of Harold Macmillan, AP Herbert and Sophia Loren. Great C, U of TerryThomas sitting solemnly for his portrait; he raises his eyes to the camera and winks at us Stephen hands the finished portrait to TT, who studies it and grins with cigarette holder in his
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