[…]come a rag and stick merchant.Speaker 1 17:50 A lot, I think, in hindsight, a lot probably to do with my uncle. Was also a shareholder in ABC cinemas, I think it was and also in business with a herbert Yap, who built the original not Erwin, but Kensington. Now called the audience, whatev[…]
[…]ked by the cinema circuit, the films showing were the current release films at that time, and I was very proud of that. And when Odeon acquired ABC I was interested to note that all the Odeon cinemas on the holiday centres were changed to ABC’s, not Odeon’s. And to this day ABC Cinemas s[…]
[…] However because the progress was so slow I left the ABC hereford and got a job at the Roxy in […]
[…]ause they were on 20 minute spools and a feature film would consist of up to five spools of film. However because the progress was so slow I left the ABC hereford and got a job at the Roxy in Roos on Whye where there was only a chief projectionist and me so changeovers were a thing I was very quickl[…]
[…] me and he went to British National, then went to ABC and they broke his heart. He rang me up […]
[…] was based at W embley Studios which I believe became ABC Televi- sion I seem to remember after the War. […]
[…]nd, indeed, he was one of the very greatest lighting cameramen.Vernon Sewell: Yeah. He moved to me and he went to British National, then went to ABC and they broke his heart. He rang me up and said, "Vernon, I'm so unhappy here, I'm so unhappy, they're crucifying me," and he died.Roy Fowler:&nb[…]
[…] pretty stretched up in the box but having started off with a fantastic chief projectionist who had been pirated from the big cinema in Worthing, the ABC, er Plaza, and I know that he got £4 a week at the Plaza and was pirated away for four pounds ten to open The Luxor, Lancing.Now he was a most gha[…]
[…] they were beautiful. Absolutely burnished copper. The projection staff of ABC's had looked after them beautifully. I couldn't find anything […]
