"as Brennan's roles became more important, he acquired the services of a stand-in. Years later, he recalled learning from his first stand-in, Dick Dickinson, about lighting and blocking. An alert stand-in observes everything on the set, functioning sometimes as an acting coach. "Watch out," Dickinson warned Brennan. "The dame can walk right in and cut you to pieces if you don't back up an inch or two as you deliver the line."