[…]re named after Jim when he’d died in 1974. I think that was it if my memory serves me right. Because in those days he was considered to be one of the best directors around. And he was, not only was he good with actors but he was very good technically, I mean he’d, he did the first production of Alic[…]
[…]our cameramen had a difficulty in competing, partly because of the costing operation, the conditions of service that prevailed at the time. So it was best in fact if we actually reduced that side of the operation and concentrated more on the PSC and the lightweight work, which is what we did, the mo[…]
[…]allowed to direct, but it was back to Floor Manager the next day. [Break in recording]Rodney Giesler: You were talking about your days at the Compton Academy.Dicky Leeman: Yes. Fay Compton was a big actress... you know, she was also well known in Hollywood, big theatre star. And it was run principal[…]
[…]had the chance of knocking the bin over, but I think I think it was you were kept in it was as well as charming as well. Just Just as you passed your best friends.Alright. Oh, yes. And I can remember the the the thing that they were absolutely facile things but when you're when you're very new to th[…]
[…]bout about an agent. Did you find the agent useful?John Shirley  27:29  Not in finding work if the people the number on all the kids in the academy have always asked the same question. I've never, I don't think I've ever had a job put on the plate by an agentAlan Lawson  27:42  t[…]
[…]g Maugham, I didn’t know he had an impediment in his speech for instance, but his great friend was Sir Gerald Kelly. Kelly was President of the Royal Academy at that time and I was very very interested and it was a hobby of mine at that time and I wanted to get back to oil painting myself. So I was […]
[…]tarted over so I was paid a pound a week that was the sort of standard starting wage. But of course the top wage for a fully qualified labour that is best an experienced farm worker was only I think it was two pounds. 15 a week Australian money and I achieved that but I was 18  at the matrons, […]
[…]aid his name, his name was Tony rose. He was editor of amateur cinema. And one of the things Magazine did was run an annual competition called the 10 best amateur films of the year, which he man is, you know, gave it quite high profile, he showed the 10 best at the BFI and usually got some celebrity[…]
