A Matter of Life and Death (film) afterward. David Niven was a fan of chess. Peter and June play chess while they await Dr Reeves. Then Conductor 71 "borrows" a chess book Peter has accidentally knocked off the table, Alekhine's "My Best Games of Chess". After the trial is won, Conductor 71 throws the book from the stairway; June finds it in his jacket pocket "to serve the 'was it a hallucination or did it really happen?' motif of the film", according to Mig Greengard. He also noted, "Lots of chess in movies past and present, but I can't recall another prominent appearance of a real chess
The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra his editing rooms and helped provide him with film ends. The film was shot by Gregg Toland, credited simply as "Gregg", who was simultaneously working as an assistant to cinematographer George Barnes at the Samuel Goldwyn Studio. It was one of the first films for Toland, who later received acclaim for his cinematography on such films as "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939) and "Citizen Kane" (1941). "The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra" cost $97 ($ today) to make, which was covered entirely by Florey. The budget was composed of $55 ($ today) for development and printing, $25