[…]rgan. And I couldn't take my eyes off. When he was just standing in a line with all the others. He wasn't the comedian. There was a little guy in the act. That was funny man, right? But I couldn't take my eyes off this fellow at the end and after the show. Now remember I've ever told you […]
[…]d?MD: Almost. It was the end of the attachment and I was aware that I had to prove myself by the end of the attachment. I was offered a one year contract. Whether that was as a result of the Bevs or whether they had decided they would offer me one year, I don’t know. I think I got the message that I[…]
[…]; 1: I’m now going to ask you some questions about the ACT. Ye[…]
[…]ng back a little bit to Shepherd's Bush, in the last period ofShepherd's Bush was when the union ACT became active, Les Wilde was working hardfor the ACT. And gradually, also we thought we might ought to have some overtimewith these extended evenings, they were getting more and more popular drifting[…]
[…] Mr. Mycroft said, "Come in." and in came Al Parker, and he said "Mr. Mycroft, this young man has nothing to do with me, but I've seen him act. He's a great actor." And I was given the job. And of course, I've never forgotten that. But I went with this more respectable agent, and nobody k[…]
[…]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[…]
[…]azy Gang.BE: That's rightBA: And they were playing, Allen was the boss and Flanagan the prop man. Once or twice they worked in the Flanagan and Allen act.BE: Yes, because they had established acts that they used to, they’d say shall we put the racehorse act in here, yes, oh they were wonderful to wo[…]
British Entertainm ent History Project Interview no. 709 - Michael Darlow - Transcript 0:00 Born Wolverhampton 1934. Father Deputy Town […]
[…] it away and that is the end of the first act. The second act is the nun, dreadful life she has, […]
Jean Anderson Jean Anderson (1907 -2001) was an English actress. Notable roles include Mother in the BBC Railway Children adaptations […]
