John Archer(1915-1999)

Father of Anne Archer, Gregg Bowman (from his first marriage), Jon Archer and Lisa Archer (from his second marriage).

[about working at "B" studio Monogram Pictures] I enjoyed Monogram. They were fast B pictures, but the people were all good. Working at Monogram, the techniques were all the same, except that they would just shoot a lot faster. They didn't rehearse as much, and they'd shoot the whole picture in a week. In a larger studio, it would take three or four weeks to do a B picture. For instance, if you were in a B picture, actors didn't say "God damn it!" or whatever if they flubbed a line. They just kept going, and created their own scene, and the director would let 'em go as long as they wanted. Actually, that was good experience for us, too.