[…] Smedley-Aston: Well we've left Elstree now and...Roy Fowler: Well we haven't quite. One final thing we haven't touched on - the arrival of ACT. You say you were part of the arrival of the Union at the studio.E.M. Smedley-Aston: Oh no, I can't claim that, oh no.Roy Fowler: Oh I t[…]
[…] her something worthwhile.[40:58]What was the thing with Batchelor and, and joining his firm?Oh that?When did that happen?Yes, yes he got me into the ACT.What, when was this roughly?In, in, [Pause] well I, we were just halfway through making Thunder Rock I would say, and Bert and I frequen[…]
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[…]ven feet of the tree. You couldn’t make it. I tried for half an hour and then then I collapsed. But I didn't stop trying. Nobody made it in point of fact. And I came out with B plus. which apparently was good. So they sent me Sandhurst. This is luck. Cockney boy from a working-class Co-Op housing es[…]
[…]war was declared.AndMargaret Thompson 12:56 Youve gone a bit . Because you hadn't met you haven't said how you came to be.have joined the ACT.Frances Cockburn 13:04 Oh, well. This was a Cleveland Hall. Yes. And Mickey Jay was the chief projectionist. And he is a great buddy o[…]
[…] is luck.SPEAKER: M6Actually I think it's very important to be able to get your sister to behave naturally.SPEAKER: F3Yes. One tries to make some contact. Of course best to set down some understanding between you and the sitter through the years both in your still work and your movies.SPEAKER: M6You[…]
[…]eet you Tom and to ask you about what you remember about that film which we were both associated with at Denham Studios all those years ago, 1942 in fact. Would you like to tell me about your involvement in that?Tom Peacock: Well I became very interested in this because we had a works committee at D[…]
[…] they were the kingpins. I always thought they were, the ACT. If the ACT said, "Yes," you could have it, or […]
[…] RF: That was directly because of the union? TC: The ACT. The only other thing was 7s 6d allowance if you […]
