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Clockwise from top left: Johnny Depp in a scene from ED WOOD;
Emily Ferry; a scene from MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA.
b y T H E M E M B E R S H I P C O M M I T T E E
and to be honored for it feels very
nice.
PROP CULTURE: Your first film as
Property Master was on Sixpack
Annie in 1975. How did you feel
about property-mastering your first
film?
EMILY FERRY:
I was so excited and
terrified. My friend and collaborator
Joy and I did the set decoration as
well, and there was practically no
money. But it was an actual film, and I
was over the moon. The best part was
getting to work with Stubby Kaye and
producing his salesman's jacket. And
all those vaudeville jokes and getting
to throw pies at Billy Barty. We almost
