[…]esult, you see Hitch took offence of this article, but of course it wasn't directed at Hitch because after all Hitch had already had an American contract. All through the war years Hitch wouldn't speak to Mick at all. But they had a great rapprochement again after the war was over, which was when Sa[…]
[…]s without makeup in a blouse and slacks and on yeah one, one said “Hello Miss Dietrich how are you?” And she was always very polite. No, no great contact. But anyway it was a lovely experience to be aware of her. Right there were other people who were part of the normal operation they worked on show[…]
BECTU History Project - Interview No. 371 [Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: 2002-02-07Interview Date: 1995-11-08 and 1995-11-09Interviewer: Bob AllenInterviewee: Mickey HickeyTape 1, Side 1. Bob Allen: This is an interview with Michael Hickey, better known as Mickey Hickey, who had a lo[…]
[…]!Sydney Samuelson: Oh yes.Erica Masters: And I went to see him and I said, "Look, here is a unit, and I really think they ought to all come under the ACT." [Chuckles] And he said, "Yeah that's a good idea, go and see them." So I got him to see the unit, about ten people and I had said to them, "Look[…]
[…]uld remain in NATKE with a written letter, which I've always kept, saying that if and when I left Ealing, I would automatically be transferred to the ACT. Meanwhile, I continued to design and supervise the wardrobe! So there you are! So they were, I suppose, they were both satisfied - didn't make a […]
[…] and had to come off the film. So they then sent for me. So there I was as first assistant on The History of Mr Polly. And I did most of the film in fact.
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And that was my first job as a first assistant. And then I went from there, then I did Rocking Horse Winner, which Tony P[…]
[…]hat department. Those were the Christian message if you wanted an anti-Christian message that was Jack's film you didn't need to do another balancing act. However it didn't matter and all of this was scheduled on October 28th 1968. Jack had died two years before.Now October 28 1968 is a profou[…]
[…]ars every year. And Joan was doing a week there. He'd already offered the part to this other girl, please will you just come along and see her do her act. So John carne along to the Cafe de Paris and we saw her and she was just everything we wanted. And we sat in John's car in Leicester Sq. afterwar[…]
[…]ng in writingat all, Cecil wrote it down with a piece of pencil on the paper on his desk and he used to give it tohis Secretary and that was the contract. Every month there was a settlement between Lou and Cecil,which went through the Accounts Department and all that but they had to work off these p[…]
