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Please discuss further on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Walter_Percy_Day" title="Talk:Walter Percy Day">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2012</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Walter Percy Day</b> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">O.B.E.</a> (1878–1965) was a British painter best remembered for his work as a <a href="/wiki/Matte_(filmmaking)" title="Matte (filmmaking)">matte</a> artist and special effects technician in the film industry. Professional names include <b>W. Percy Day</b>; <b>Percy Day</b>; "<b>Pop</b>" or "<b>Poppa</b>" Day, owing to his collaboration with sons Arthur George Day (1909–1952) draughtsman, Thomas Sydney Day (1912–1985), stills photographer and cameraman, and stepson, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellenshaw" title="Peter Ellenshaw">Peter Ellenshaw</a>, who also worked in this field. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walter Percy Day was born in <a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a>) to Eli Day and Lucy Day, née Crawley, the second of three children. From 1908 to 1912, he resided in Tunisia, at Sidi Bou Saïd and Tunis, where he pursued a career as a painter of portraits and Orientalist scenes. The dramatic consequences of the <a href="/wiki/Jellaz_Affair" title="Jellaz Affair">Jellaz Affair</a> uprising obliged the family to return to Britain early in 1912. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_silent_film_era">The silent film era</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The silent film era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1919, at Ideal Films Studios in <a href="/wiki/Borehamwood" title="Borehamwood">Borehamwood</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Elstree" title="Elstree">Elstree</a> Day mastered the art of illusionist techniques. Special effects such as those produced by Day enabled directors to enlarge their repertoire and to tackle subjects which might otherwise have been too costly to produce. In 1922, he relocated to France to its more vibrant cinema. There he introduced the use of the glass shot into French cinema. Used for the first time in <a href="/wiki/Henry_Roussel" title="Henry Roussel">Henry Roussel</a>'s <i>Les Opprimés</i>, released in 1923, the process was hailed by a critic as a revolution in cinematography.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the directors with whom Day collaborated during the twenties were <a href="/wiki/Jean_Renoir" title="Jean Renoir">Jean Renoir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Bernard" title="Raymond Bernard">Raymond Bernard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Abel_Gance" title="Abel Gance">Abel Gance</a>. In addition to creating visual effects for <i><a href="/wiki/Napol%C3%A9on_(1927_film)" title="Napoléon (1927 film)">Napoléon</a></i> (1927), Day was cast as the British Admiral <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hood,_1st_Viscount_Hood" title="Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood">Hood</a> in the film. From 1928, Day's studio became a team, when sons Arthur George Day (1909–1912) and Thomas Sydney Day (1912–1985) began to work for their father, the former as draughtsman and the latter as cameraman and stills photographer, starting with <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Poirier" title="Léon Poirier">Léon Poirier</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Verdun:_Visions_of_History" title="Verdun: Visions of History">Verdun: Visions of History</a></i> (1928). </p><p>In the late 1920s, he learned a new technique while working at <a href="/wiki/British_International_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="British International Pictures">British International Pictures</a>' <a href="/wiki/Elstree_Studios_(Shenley_Road)" title="Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)">Elstree studios</a> on <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ring_(1927_film)" title="The Ring (1927 film)">The Ring</a></i>, that used mirrors and angling to superimpose a miniature over a scene. The inventor, <a href="/wiki/Eugen_Sch%C3%BCfftan" title="Eugen Schüfftan">Eugen Schüfftan</a>, taught him the process directly. </p><p>When shooting the façade of the department store in Julien Duvivier's film <i>Au Bonheur des Dames</i> (1929) proved to be an insurmountable difficulty, Day utilised the stationary matte, a process similar to that patented by <a href="/wiki/Norman_Dawn" title="Norman Dawn">Norman Dawn</a> on 11 June 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_British_film_industry">In the British film industry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In the British film industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A meeting with <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a> opened up new perspectives for the Day studio. Day worked with Korda on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Henry_VIII" title="The Private Life of Henry VIII">The Private Life of Henry VIII</a></i> (1933) a film starring <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a>. Day accordingly established a studio in Iver (<a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>) and from 1936, directed the matte department at <a href="/wiki/Denham_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Denham Studios">Denham Studios</a>. The artist painted mattes and created trick shots for numerous films by Korda and his stable of directors, who included his brother <a href="/wiki/Zoltan_Korda" title="Zoltan Korda">Zoltan Korda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Asquith" title="Anthony Asquith">Anthony Asquith</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Cameron_Menzies" title="William Cameron Menzies">William Cameron Menzies</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Things_to_Come" title="Things to Come">Things to Come</a></i>, 1936), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Powell" title="Michael Powell">Michael Powell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lothar_Mendes" title="Lothar Mendes">Lothar Mendes</a>. In 1946 Day joined the Korda group as Director of Special Effects at Korda's new premises at <a href="/wiki/Shepperton_Studios" title="Shepperton Studios">Shepperton Studios</a> where he remained until his retirement in 1954. </p><p>Poppa Day's team disbanded once World War II began as all three sons enlisted. Pop Day trained some promising young matte painters, including Wally Veevers, who took over the matte department at <a href="/wiki/Shepperton_Studios" title="Shepperton Studios">Shepperton Studios</a> when Pop Day retired in 1952. </p><p>During the war, the film studios made a series of heroic war films, aimed at boosting the morale of the beleaguered British, including Powell and Pressburger's <i><a href="/wiki/49th_Parallel_(film)" title="49th Parallel (film)">49th Parallel</a></i> (US: <i>The Invaders</i>, 1941), <a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/In_Which_We_Serve" title="In Which We Serve">In Which We Serve</a></i> (1942) and <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Howard_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leslie Howard (actor)">Leslie Howard</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_First_of_the_Few" title="The First of the Few">The First of the Few</a></i> (US: <i>Spitfire</i>, also 1942). In addition to designing special effects for these films, Day created trick photography for many other British classics released during the forties, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Death_of_Colonel_Blimp" title="The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp">The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp</a></i> (1943), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death_(film)" title="A Matter of Life and Death (film)">A Matter of Life and Death</a></i> [US: <i>Stairway to Heaven</i>, 1946], <i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Karenina_(1948_film)" title="Anna Karenina (1948 film)">Anna Karenina</a></i> (1948), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Third_Man" title="The Third Man">The Third Man</a></i> (1949). In <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>'s production of <i><a href="/wiki/Henry_V_(1944_film)" title="Henry V (1944 film)">Henry V</a></i> (1944), many of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt" title="Battle of Agincourt">Agincourt</a> battle scenes were painted on glass by Day, who contrived to make the horses' heads move, the pennants flutter and whirring motion of a flight of arrows in the completed shots. The Powell and Pressburger production of <i><a href="/wiki/I_Know_Where_I%27m_Going!" title="I Know Where I'm Going!">I Know Where I'm Going!</a></i> (1945) contains a sequence in which the hero and heroine's boat gets sucked into the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Corryvreckan" title="Gulf of Corryvreckan">Corryvreckan whirlpool</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Narcissus" title="Black Narcissus">Black Narcissus</a></i> (1947) was shot entirely on the <a href="/wiki/Pinewood_Studios" title="Pinewood Studios">Pinewood Studios</a> back lot, but a matte of the Himalayan mountain range in the climactic scene painted by Day and his assistants. </p><p>In 1948, Day was awarded the <a href="/wiki/O.B.E." class="mw-redirect" title="O.B.E.">O.B.E.</a> for his services to British cinema. Cameraman <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Challis" title="Christopher Challis">Christopher Challis</a>, rendered homage to Percy Day's achievements: "Being able to marry painted backgrounds on glass to real action foregrounds opened up a new world to film makers. ...To appreciate the magnitude of his achievement, one has to understand the complexity of the work. Hours of painstaking labour with many retakes to obtain perfection. Now it is all too easy with computers and electronics and few people remain who can understand just how complicated it was. [Day’s] name should certainly be numbered among the great film pioneers, alongside <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gaumont" title="Léon Gaumont">Gaumont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Auguste_and_Louis_Lumi%C3%A8re" title="Auguste and Louis Lumière">Lumière</a>, etc".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michael Powell, for his part, hailed Percy Day as "the greatest trick-man and film wizard that I have ever known."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Percy Day's legacy was ranked by the British daily <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> in 2008 as on a par with the great French special effects pioneer <a href="/wiki/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s" title="Georges Méliès">Georges Méliès</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Day died in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> in 1965. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="W._Percy_Day_filmography">W. Percy Day filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: W. Percy Day filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <p><i>Date of shooting followed by date of release</i> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thruster" title="The Thruster">The Thruster</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Hugon" title="André Hugon">André Hugon</a>, 1922/1924)</li> <li><i>Les Opprimés</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Roussel" title="Henry Roussel">Henry Roussel</a>, 1922/1923)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Promised_Land_(1925_film)" title="The Promised Land (1925 film)">The Promised Land</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Roussel" title="Henry Roussel">Henry Roussel</a>, 1924/1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Clown" title="The Princess and the Clown">The Princess and the Clown</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Hugon" title="André Hugon">André Hugon</a>, 1925)</li> <li><i>Destinée</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Roussel" title="Henry Roussel">Henry Roussel</a>, 1925)</li> <li><i>Le Bossu</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Jean_Kemm" title="Jean Kemm">Jean Kemm</a>, 1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flame_(1926_film)" title="The Flame (1926 film)">The Flame</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Hervil" title="René Hervil">René Hervil</a>, 1925)</li> <li><i>Salammbô</i> (dir. Pierre Maradon, 1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nana_(1926_film)" title="Nana (1926 film)">Nana</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Jean_Renoir" title="Jean Renoir">Jean Renoir</a>, 1925/1926), art direction: <a href="/wiki/Claude_Autant-Lara" title="Claude Autant-Lara">Claude Autant-Lara</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Napol%C3%A9on_(1927_film)" title="Napoléon (1927 film)">Napoléon</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Abel_Gance" title="Abel Gance">Abel Gance</a>, 1925/1927)</li> <li><i>Autour de Napoléon. Abel Gance et son Napoléon</i> (1925/1927) (documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Michel_Strogoff_(1926_film)" title="Michel Strogoff (1926 film)">Michel Strogoff</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Victor_Tourjansky" title="Victor Tourjansky">Victor Tourjansky</a>, 1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chess_Player" title="The Chess Player">The Chess Player</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Bernard" title="Raymond Bernard">Raymond Bernard</a>, 1926/1927)</li> <li><i>Belphégor</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Henri_Desfontaines" title="Henri Desfontaines">Henri Desfontaines</a>, 1926/1927)</li> <li><i>L'Homme à l'Hispano</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1926/1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Loves_of_Casanova" title="The Loves of Casanova">The Loves of Casanova</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alexandre_Volkoff_(actor)" title="Alexandre Volkoff (actor)">Alexandre Volkoff</a>, 1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Croquette_(film)" title="Croquette (film)">Croquette</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Louis_Mercanton" title="Louis Mercanton">Louis Mercanton</a>, 1927)</li> <li><i>Le Martyre de Sainte-Maxence</i> (dir. E.B. Donatien, 1927)</li> <li><i>Le Mystère de la Tour Eiffel</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joan_the_Maid" title="Saint Joan the Maid">Saint Joan the Maid</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Marco_de_Gastyne" title="Marco de Gastyne">Marco de Gastyne</a>, 1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ring_(1927_film)" title="The Ring (1927 film)">The Ring</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>, 1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Maelstrom_of_Paris" title="The Maelstrom of Paris">The Maelstrom of Paris</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1927/1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Verdun:_Visions_of_History" title="Verdun: Visions of History">Verdun: Visions of History</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Poirier" title="Léon Poirier">Léon Poirier</a>, 1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Divine_Voyage" title="The Divine Voyage">The Divine Voyage</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1928)</li> <li><i>Vivre</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Boudrioz" title="Robert Boudrioz">Robert Boudrioz</a>, 1928)</li> <li><i>Maman Colibri</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1928/1929)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Vie_miraculeuse_de_Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Martin" title="La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin">La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1929)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cagliostro_(1929_film)" title="Cagliostro (1929 film)">Cagliostro</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Oswald" title="Richard Oswald">Richard Oswald</a>, 1929)</li> <li><i>Au Bonheur des Dames</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1929)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Masks_(1929_film)" title="The Three Masks (1929 film)">The Three Masks</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Hugon" title="André Hugon">André Hugon</a>, 1929)</li> <li><i>Le Roi des aulnes</i> (dir. Marie-Louise Iribe, 1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/End_of_the_World_(1931_film)" title="End of the World (1931 film)">End of the World</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Abel_Gance" title="Abel Gance">Abel Gance</a>, 1930/1931)</li> <li><i>Autour de la fin du monde</i> (dir. Eugène Deslaw, 1930) (documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wine_Cellars_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wine Cellars (film)">Wine Cellars</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Benito_Perojo" title="Benito Perojo">Benito Perojo</a>, 1930)</li> <li><i>La fée du logis</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Germaine_Dulac" title="Germaine Dulac">Germaine Dulac</a>, 1931) (publicity spot for Gaumont films)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(1932_film)" title="The Three Musketeers (1932 film)">The Three Musketeers</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Henri_Diamant-Berger" title="Henri Diamant-Berger">Henri Diamant-Berger</a>, 1932)</li> <li><i>Le Crime du Bouif</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Berthomieu" title="André Berthomieu">André Berthomieu</a>, 1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Henry_VIII" title="The Private Life of Henry VIII">The Private Life of Henry VIII</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>, 1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Don_Juan" title="The Private Life of Don Juan">The Private Life of Don Juan</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>, 1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel_(1934_film)" title="The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film)">The Scarlet Pimpernel</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>, 1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scrooge_(1935_film)" title="Scrooge (1935 film)">Scrooge</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Edwards_(actor)" title="Henry Edwards (actor)">Henry Edwards</a>, 1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moscow_Nights_(1935_film)" title="Moscow Nights (1935 film)">Moscow Nights</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Asquith" title="Anthony Asquith">Anthony Asquith</a>, 1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elephant_Boy_(film)" title="Elephant Boy (film)">Elephant Boy</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Flaherty" title="Robert J. Flaherty">Robert J. Flaherty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zoltan_Korda" title="Zoltan Korda">Zoltan Korda</a>, 1935/1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sanders_of_the_River" title="Sanders of the River">Sanders of the River</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Zoltan_Korda" title="Zoltan Korda">Zoltan Korda</a>, 1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities_(1935_film)" title="A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)">A Tale of Two Cities</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Jack_Conway_(filmmaker)" title="Jack Conway (filmmaker)">Jack Conway</a>, 1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_Goes_West" title="The Ghost Goes West">The Ghost Goes West</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Clair" title="René Clair">René Clair</a>, 1935/1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Could_Work_Miracles" title="The Man Who Could Work Miracles">The Man Who Could Work Miracles</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Lothar_Mendes" title="Lothar Mendes">Lothar Mendes</a>, 1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Things_to_Come" title="Things to Come">Things to Come</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/William_Cameron_Menzies" title="William Cameron Menzies">William Cameron Menzies</a>, 1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rembrandt_(1936_film)" title="Rembrandt (1936 film)">Rembrandt</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>, 1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fire_Over_England" title="Fire Over England">Fire Over England</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/William_K._Howard" title="William K. Howard">William K. Howard</a>, 1936/1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forget_Me_Not_(1936_film)" title="Forget Me Not (1936 film)">Forget Me Not</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Zoltan_Korda" title="Zoltan Korda">Zoltan Korda</a>, 1936/1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drum_(1938_film)" title="The Drum (1938 film)">The Drum</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Zoltan_Korda" title="Zoltan Korda">Zoltan Korda</a>, 1936/1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Action_for_Slander" title="Action for Slander">Action for Slander</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Victor_Saville" title="Victor Saville">Victor Saville</a>, 1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Riding_(film)" title="South Riding (film)">South Riding</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Victor_Saville" title="Victor Saville">Victor Saville</a>, 1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Journey_(film)" title="Dark Journey (film)">Dark Journey</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Victor_Saville" title="Victor Saville">Victor Saville</a>, 1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I,_Claudius_(film)" title="I, Claudius (film)">I Claudius</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Josef_von_Sternberg" title="Josef von Sternberg">Josef von Sternberg</a>, 1937, unfinished film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_for_Two_(1937_film)" title="Paradise for Two (1937 film)">Paradise for Two</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Thornton_Freeland" title="Thornton Freeland">Thornton Freeland</a>, 1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Storm_in_a_Teacup_(film)" title="Storm in a Teacup (film)">Storm in a Teacup</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Victor_Saville" title="Victor Saville">Victor Saville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ian_Dalrymple" title="Ian Dalrymple">Ian Dalrymple</a>, 1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Victoria_the_Great" title="Victoria the Great">Victoria the Great</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wilcox" title="Herbert Wilcox">Herbert Wilcox</a>, 1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Knight_Without_Armour" title="Knight Without Armour">Knight Without Armour</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Feyder" title="Jacques Feyder">Jacques Feyder</a>, 1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Scarlet_Pimpernel" class="mw-redirect" title="Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel">Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Hanns_Schwarz" title="Hanns Schwarz">Hanns Schwarz</a>, 1937/1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sixty_Glorious_Years" title="Sixty Glorious Years">Sixty Glorious Years</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wilcox" title="Herbert Wilcox">Herbert Wilcox</a>, 1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Divorce_of_Lady_X" title="The Divorce of Lady X">The Divorce of Lady X</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Tim_Whelan" title="Tim Whelan">Tim Whelan</a>, 1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prison_Without_Bars" title="Prison Without Bars">Prison Without Bars</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Brian_Desmond_Hurst" title="Brian Desmond Hurst">Brian Desmond Hurst</a>, 1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Feathers_(1939_film)" title="The Four Feathers (1939 film)">The Four Feathers</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Zoltan_Korda" title="Zoltan Korda">Zoltan Korda</a>, 1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wuthering_Heights_(1939_film)" title="Wuthering Heights (1939 film)">Wuthering Heights</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/William_Wyler" title="William Wyler">William Wyler</a>, 1938/1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spy_in_Black" title="The Spy in Black">The Spy in Black</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Powell" title="Michael Powell">Michael Powell</a>, 1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Q_Planes" title="Q Planes">Q Planes</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Tim_Whelan" title="Tim Whelan">Tim Whelan</a>, 1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_(1939_film)" title="The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)">The Hunchback of Notre Dame</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/William_Dieterle" title="William Dieterle">William Dieterle</a>, 1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Inn_(film)" title="Jamaica Inn (film)">Jamaica Inn</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a>, 1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mikado_(1939_film)" title="The Mikado (1939 film)">The Mikado</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Victor_Schertzinger" title="Victor Schertzinger">Victor Schertzinger</a>, 1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Over_the_Moon_(1939_film)" title="Over the Moon (1939 film)">Over the Moon</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Thornton_Freeland" title="Thornton Freeland">Thornton Freeland</a>, 1939/1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Major_Barbara_(film)" title="Major Barbara (film)">Major Barbara</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Pascal" title="Gabriel Pascal">Gabriel Pascal</a>, 1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_the_Air" title="Conquest of the Air">Conquest of the Air</a></i> (prod. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>, 1940, work scrapped before release)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thief_of_Bagdad_(1940_film)" title="The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)">The Thief of Bagdad</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Powell" title="Michael Powell">Michael Powell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Berger_(director)" title="Ludwig Berger (director)">Ludwig Berger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Whelan" title="Tim Whelan">Tim Whelan</a>, 1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lydia_(film)" title="Lydia (film)">Lydia</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/49th_Parallel_(film)" title="49th Parallel (film)">49th Parallel</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Powell" title="Michael Powell">Michael Powell</a>, 1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That_Hamilton_Woman" title="That Hamilton Woman">That Hamilton Woman</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>, 1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secret_Mission" title="Secret Mission">Secret Mission</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Harold_French" title="Harold French">Harold French</a>, 1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_of_the_Few" title="The First of the Few">The First of the Few</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Howard_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leslie Howard (actor)">Leslie Howard</a>, 1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Which_We_Serve" title="In Which We Serve">In Which We Serve</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a>, 1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Book_(1942_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jungle Book (1942 film)">Jungle Book</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Zoltan_Korda" title="Zoltan Korda">Zoltan Korda</a>, 1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Death_of_Colonel_Blimp" title="The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp">The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Powell_and_Pressburger" title="Powell and Pressburger">Powell and Pressburger</a>, 1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Demi-Paradise" title="The Demi-Paradise">The Demi-Paradise</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Asquith" title="Anthony Asquith">Anthony Asquith</a>, 1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Happy_Breed_(film)" title="This Happy Breed (film)">This Happy Breed</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Canterbury_Tale" title="A Canterbury Tale">A Canterbury Tale</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Powell_and_Pressburger" title="Powell and Pressburger">Powell and Pressburger</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Henry_V_(1944_film)" title="Henry V (1944 film)">Henry V</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blithe_Spirit_(1945_film)" title="Blithe Spirit (1945 film)">Blithe Spirit</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a>, 1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brief_Encounter" title="Brief Encounter">Brief Encounter</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a>, 1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Know_Where_I%27m_Going!" title="I Know Where I'm Going!">I Know Where I'm Going!</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Powell_and_Pressburger" title="Powell and Pressburger">Powell and Pressburger</a>, 1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caesar_and_Cleopatra_(film)" title="Caesar and Cleopatra (film)">Caesar and Cleopatra</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Pascal" title="Gabriel Pascal">Gabriel Pascal</a>, 1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Perfect_Strangers_(1945_film)" title="Perfect Strangers (1945 film)">Perfect Strangers</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>, 1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death_(film)" title="A Matter of Life and Death (film)">A Matter of Life and Death</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Powell_and_Pressburger" title="Powell and Pressburger">Powell and Pressburger</a>, 1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Panic_(1946_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panic (1946 film)">Panic</a> (Panique)</i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Great_Expectations_(1946_film)" title="Great Expectations (1946 film)">Great Expectations</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a>, 1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Men_of_Two_Worlds" title="Men of Two Worlds">Men of Two Worlds</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Thorold_Dickinson" title="Thorold Dickinson">Thorold Dickinson</a>, 1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Narcissus" title="Black Narcissus">Black Narcissus</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Powell_and_Pressburger" title="Powell and Pressburger">Powell and Pressburger</a>, 1946/1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_About_the_House_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="A Man About the House (film)">A Man About the House</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Arliss" title="Leslie Arliss">Leslie Arliss</a>, 1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Ideal_Husband_(1947_film)" title="An Ideal Husband (1947 film)">An Ideal Husband</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a>, 1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mine_Own_Executioner" title="Mine Own Executioner">Mine Own Executioner</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kimmins" title="Anthony Kimmins">Anthony Kimmins</a>, 1947/1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Karenina_(1948_film)" title="Anna Karenina (1948 film)">Anna Karenina</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Julien_Duvivier" title="Julien Duvivier">Julien Duvivier</a>, 1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fallen_Idol_(film)" title="The Fallen Idol (film)">The Fallen Idol</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Carol_Reed" title="Carol Reed">Carol Reed</a>, 1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Winslow_Boy_(1948_film)" title="The Winslow Boy (1948 film)">The Winslow Boy</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Asquith" title="Anthony Asquith">Anthony Asquith</a>, 1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Twist_(1948_film)" title="Oliver Twist (1948 film)">Oliver Twist</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/David_Lean" title="David Lean">David Lean</a>, 1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Prince_Charlie_(1948_film)" title="Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948 film)">Bonnie Prince Charlie</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kimmins" title="Anthony Kimmins">Anthony Kimmins</a>, 1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Third_Man" title="The Third Man">The Third Man</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Carol_Reed" title="Carol Reed">Carol Reed</a>, 1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Dolwyn" title="The Last Days of Dolwyn">The Last Days of Dolwyn</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Emlyn_Williams" title="Emlyn Williams">Emlyn Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russell_Lloyd_(film_editor)" title="Russell Lloyd (film editor)">Russell Lloyd</a>, 1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mudlark" title="The Mudlark">The Mudlark</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Jean_Negulesco" title="Jean Negulesco">Jean Negulesco</a>, 1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Elusive_Pimpernel_(1950_film)" title="The Elusive Pimpernel (1950 film)">The Elusive Pimpernel</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Powell_and_Pressburger" title="Powell and Pressburger">Powell and Pressburger</a>, 1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cure_for_Love" title="The Cure for Love">The Cure for Love</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Donat" title="Robert Donat">Robert Donat</a>, 1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pandora_and_the_Flying_Dutchman" title="Pandora and the Flying Dutchman">Pandora and the Flying Dutchman</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lewin" title="Albert Lewin">Albert Lewin</a>, 1950/1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Rose" title="The Black Rose">The Black Rose</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hathaway" title="Henry Hathaway">Henry Hathaway</a>, 1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gone_to_Earth_(film)" title="Gone to Earth (film)">Gone to Earth</a></i> (<abbr title="also known as">a.k.a.</abbr> <i>The Wild Heart</i>, dir. <a href="/wiki/Powell_and_Pressburger" title="Powell and Pressburger">Powell and Pressburger</a>, 1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Outcast_of_the_Islands" title="Outcast of the Islands">Outcast of the Islands</a></i> (dir. <a href="/wiki/Carol_Reed" title="Carol Reed">Carol Reed</a>, 1951)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Une Révolution dans le décor cinématographique</i>. Ciné Miroir, 15 March 1923.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCotta_Vaz,_MarkBarron,_Craig2002" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Cotta_Vaz" title="Mark Cotta Vaz">Cotta Vaz, Mark</a>; <a href="/wiki/Craig_Barron" title="Craig Barron">Barron, Craig</a> (2002). <i>The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting</i>. San Francisco California: Chronicle Books. pp. 54–57. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8118-4515-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8118-4515-1"><bdi>978-0-8118-4515-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Invisible+Art%3A+The+Legends+of+Movie+Matte+Painting&rft.place=San+Francisco+California&rft.pages=54-57&rft.pub=Chronicle+Books&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-8118-4515-1&rft.au=Cotta+Vaz%2C+Mark&rft.au=Barron%2C+Craig&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Percy+Day" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Quoted from a letter to Susan Day dated 14 January 1999</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Michael Powell, <i>A Life in Movies: an autobiography</i>. London: Mandarin (pbk), 1986, p. 311, 239</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Geoffrey MacNab, "He Made Monsters", <i>The Independent</i>, 20 June 2008</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reference_works">Reference works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reference works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>British Film Yearbook</i>, London, 1949–1950, p. 520</li> <li><i>Royal Academy Exhibitions 1905–1970. A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts</i>. London: E. P. Publishing, 1977, vol. II, p. 138.</li> <li>Brian McFarlane. <i>The Encyclopedia of British Film</i>. London: Methuen, 2003, p. 166</li> <li>Maurice Bessy; Jean-Louis Chardans. <i>Dictionnaire du cinéma et de la television</i>. Paris : Pauvert, 1966, Tome 2 p. 21 [Attention, CONFUSION with Will Day]</li> <li>Susan Day. "Walter Percy Day". <i>Allegemeines Künstlerlexikon</i>. Munich; Leipzig: K.G. Saur Vg., 2000, vol. 24, pp. 581–582</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monographies">Monographies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Monographies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Linda d’Agostino Clinger, <i>The Garden Within. The Art of Peter Ellenshaw</i>. 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The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger</i>, London, 1985</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCotta_Vaz,_MarkBarron,_Craig2002" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Cotta_Vaz" title="Mark Cotta Vaz">Cotta Vaz, Mark</a>; <a href="/wiki/Craig_Barron" title="Craig Barron">Barron, Craig</a> (2002). <i>The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting</i>. San Francisco California: Chronicle Books. p. 27. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8118-4515-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8118-4515-1"><bdi>978-0-8118-4515-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Invisible+Art%3A+The+Legends+of+Movie+Matte+Painting&rft.place=San+Francisco+California&rft.pages=27&rft.pub=Chronicle+Books&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-8118-4515-1&rft.au=Cotta+Vaz%2C+Mark&rft.au=Barron%2C+Craig&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Percy+Day" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>John Culhane, <i>Special Effects in the Movies. How they do it</i>. New York: Ballantine Books, 1981, p. 45, 50–52, 155–156</li> <li>Maurice Culot. <i>Le temps des boutiques. De l’échoppe à eBay</i>. Brussels: A.A.M., s.d., p. 10–11</li> <li>Max Douy, Jacques Douy, <i>Décors de Cinéma. Les Studios français de Mélès à nos jours</i>. Paris, 1993, p. 45</li> <li>Charles Drazin, <i>In Search of the Third Man</i>. London: Methuen, 1999</li> <li>Peter Ellenshaw, <i>Ellenshaw under Glass. Going to the Matte for Disney</i>. Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 2003</li> <li>Karol Kulik, Alexander Korda. <i>The Man Who Could Work Miracles</i>. Lond, 1975 (reimpr 1990)</li> <li>Philip Leibfried; Malcolm Willits; Jim Danforth. <i>Alexander Korda’s The Thief of Bagdad. An Arabian Fantasy</i>. Pasadena : Castle Press, 2003</li> <li>Rachel Low. <i>Film Making in 1930’s Britain</i>. London: Allen & Unwin, 1985, p. 250</li> <li>Michael Powell, A Life in Movies: An Autobiography. London : Mandarin, 1986</li> <li>Michael Powell. <i>Million-Dollar Movie</i>. New York: Random House, 1995</li> <li>Christopher Finch, <i>Special Effects. Creating Movie Magic</i>. New York: Abbeville Press, 1984, p. 68</li> <li>Rolf Giesen, Special Effects. King Kong, Orphée und die Reise zum Mond. Ebersberg: Edition Achteinhalb, 1985, p. 159</li> <li>Alan McKenzie; Derek Ware. <i>Hollywood Tricks of the Trade</i>. London: Multimedia Publications, 1986, pp. 19–20</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articles">Articles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Percy_Day&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>J.-Nicolas Gung’L, « Chronique artistique. Percy Day, peintre de portraits », <i>La Tunisie Illustrée</i>, April 1910.</li> <li>« Picture with a Story. Mr. Percy Day Explains his Academic Painting". <i>Daily Chronicle</i>, 12 May 1919.</li> <li>Georges Baye, « A propos du film Les Opprimés. Révolution dans le décor cinématographique », <i>Ciné Miroir</i>, 15 March 1923</li> <li>« En marge du Joueur d’échecs », <i>Cinémagazine</i>, n° 2, 14 January 1927, special issue</li> <li>La Petite Illustration Cinématographique, n° 8, 5 February 1927, special issue</li> <li>"La prise de vues", Le courrier cinématographique, 29 mars 1929, p. 18–19</li> <li><i>Le Courrier cinématographique</i>, March 1929 "Special Effects Teams Save Time and Money", <i>Kinematograph Weekly</i>, 2 October 1947 Kinematograph Weekly, 24 October 1946, p. 15</li> <li>Walter Percy Day."The Origin and Development of the Matte Shot". Fourth Newman Memorial Lecture", <i>The Photographic Journal</i>, October 1948.</li> <li>Egon Larsen, "Here is the Inside Story of the Magician of British Films", <i>Cavalcad</i>e, 21 May 1949</li> <li>Douglas Hague, "Painted Matte Shots", <i>British Kinematographic Society Magazine</i>, vol. 19, n° 6, 1951, p. 166</li> <li>"Pop Day, 75, goes back to college". <i>Kent Messenger</i>, 30 April 1954</li> <li>"Trauner au naturel", Libération, 13 March 1984, p. 24</li> <li>Edouard Waintrop, "Blimp Blimp Hourrah", <i>Libération</i>, 2 April 1992, p. 42</li> <li>Gilbert Adair, "The Other Side of Harry Lime", <i>Evening Standard</i>, 23 August 1999, p. 42</li> <li>James Christopher, "Britain’s best bar nun?", <i>The Times</i>, 4 August 2005, p. 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