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 Terry-Thomas, looking rather serious. C/U of the portrait taking shape; M/S from behind Stephen Ward as we see Terry-Thomas 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 Terry-Thomas 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