Novelist Bricklayer (1961)

M/S of exterior of novelist Dennis Wheatley’s country house in Lymington, Hampshire, as a man walks past with a wheelbarrow. M/S as Dennis, in overalls, walks through an iron gate in a brick wall and looks up to admire the archway as we pan up to see it. M/S of a ripple-shaped wall (’turret formation’ - it says in the shot list). M/S of Dennis laying bricks at a wall outside the house; C/U as he checks the wall with a spirit level; commentator talks of Dennis’ writing achievements then tells us “this is his main hobby, and the walls of all shapes and sizes in his 3 acre garden testify to his skill and experience“. M/Ss of a white statue with a brick turret behind, then various features of the walls: buttresses and arches. C/U of Dennis chipping away at the base of an old brick, then rubbing it against another to smooth it off. Commentator says Dennis gets great artistic pleasure from his hobby and has just written a book on it to spread the cult to the uninitiated. C/U of Dennis as he works; he