[…]ad an enormous respect for Korda, and he somehow the Rank Organisation with John Darby and AJ Arthur rank knew nothing about films. John Davis was an accountant who didn't know anything about films. And David just got disenchanted. His marriage was going wrong. Everything combined to make him see pa[…]
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES FILM & VIDEO COUNCIL Interview with EDGAR ANSTEY I think it's interesting as background to consider the extent to which the original dress and philosophy er - was developed in the first instance by him and then er - was moved out, partly by his efforts, partly by the efforts[…]
BRITISH ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY PROJECT INTERVIEW No 0735.Gerry Morrissey [GM] interviewed by Roy Lockett [RL] NB This is a transcript of the full 3-part interview, numbered as 1A, 1B, 2 and 3. The time codes in this section refer to Part 1 A. and cover pages 1 – 16inc. Roy Lockett:0:0[…]
[…]it was to sell the studio I am not in a position to really know but that was certainly the rumour.AL Had there been a change on the Board? More accountants coming in?GH No, no. An accountant K Morris ran the studio. Hannah Weinstein of course had a lot of shares in the studio, not […]
[…] to that: the film cost seven thousand pounds. By the time it was finished, Del and John Davis were at each other's throats, and John Davis being the accountant Rank was more inclined to listen to him than Del Giudice, who lost money. So they thought my film was absolute rubbish and they tore up the[…]
[…]chies in the union were terrifying to me, you know, they were always trying to shoot me down. They were always trying to stop me having jobs. And the accountant at Horizon film, Horizon Pictures, which was Sam's company, used to ring ACT every morning. And then one morning they rang and they said, "[…]
[…]an Lawson: Because you had a CO who took his riding breeches very seriously, didn't you?Freddie Francis: Yes, Gordon Rayner, from Ealing, he was your accountant at Ealing wasn't he.Alan Lawson : No, he was a junior accountantFreddie Francis: But he was married to somebodyAlan Lawson: He was married […]
[…]tion has disappeared from all these marvellous industrial processes, because parallel where the evolution of television has come the evolution of the accountant as a power force in industry, and the advertising agent working in collusion with the accountant who says you cannot prove that the film ma[…]
