[…]em, I dubbed some of the early ones and then the others went into the next theatre. Another one, another picture on which the sound department got an Academy nomination was we called it 'The Card' - Ronnie Neame directed Alec Guinness. And the Americans called it 'The Promoter'. And there again, the[…]
[…]hing is, emphasis has changed completely.Roy Fowler 26:22 Let's tidy up. Then. Let's start with the dancers. Your memories of the dancing award?Speaker 1 26:30 Couple of rogues, coward Jimmy, but thank you how successful I became, honey Mayfield hotel and what have you incred[…]
[…] one, another picture on which the sound department got an Academy nomination was we called it 'The Card' - Ronnie […]
[…]ng to Hollywood. So I decided the suggestion of a friend of mine, that I do a training course of becoming a wireless operator. Because the minute the awards started coming about wireless operator, merchant, Merchant Navy, you know, and I was halfway through that course and jack Lee ran out. Get Lee […]
[…]id do Geoff, can you grab a camera and go out to the Gambia for a fortnight, we want to do a little thing for the do. Thing for the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. I'd say, No, that's not my job. I want to become a feature camera man. I should never have deviated and done interesting little films in[…]
[…]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 […]
[…]Oscars got the ticket and American or Oscar.Paddy Carey 32:43 It was nominated for an Oscar. I don't think it got one. It got the British Academy Award. And I think it got others. But of course, I didn't get them. So I and I wasn't working for transport immediately after. So I wasn't wor[…]
[…]as that for?And, well, that was coming up to Fifty..., coming up to 1955, it would have been my ten year bonus.Ah, ha. Ah ha.And then I got a special award in 1962 from Stuart Hood signing a letter.Ah, ha.And I wrote the PA guides and got some money and a letter from Huw Wheldon.Yes, yes.And then I […]
[…]ther cameramen.KGY: I know Powell says when he saw the way things looked like when Perinal shot them he couldn't believe it and he thought he was the best there was.CC: He was wonderful with women, Pery, marvellous. He was an artist. I think there were others, Gregg Toland was a legend, he was marve[…]
[…] those days he was considered to be one of the best directors around. And he was, not only was he […]
