Charles Picken

[…] careers!While Manchester had its notional Deputy General Manager in Alan Mason, the Company also decided to second Aberdeen’s genial General Manager Alex Grieg down for the first couple of months of Mr. Bint’s hospitalisation which came thankfully within a few weeks of my moving down. Greggy and Te[…]

June Randall

[…]w a bit, as directors. And I think, you know...1: And cameramen. Camerawomen.Yes, we had a woman focus, a woman clapper, we had it on The Alien. Alex Thomson, who was the cameraman on The Alien, his daughter, Chyna, was our clapper loader. Andshe’s very good too, she’s going on to focus an[…]

Yvonne Littlewood

[…]ng to do with the BBC, then I lived in Prince...[30:06]Mm.In Prince, Prince, oh what's that road? Princes Road, down near the V&A.A long way from Alexandra Palace of course?Yes, and I’ll tell you how we got there. And then, then eventually I conned the BBC for some reason into letting me back in[…]

Angela Allen

[…]nd knowledgeable producer.You actually had contact with Korda?Oh yeah, he used to come around the studios and the brother was the art director. Oh no Alex was the great charmer you see and this is the art. Today when the producer has a dispute and the production manager is screaming and the boys wou[…]

Bernard Gribble

[…] So I put to a call to Sydney Co and I couldn't reach him and I put another call through Sydney Co and I couldn't reach him well I went on doing this Alex two days and I'd reached call over 40 and I felt well I don't reach him so I can't really go on much longer. Having considerable goal as one does[…]

Richard (Dickie) Best

[…]I'm not against having a union.AG: Which particular film gave you the most satisfaction and why?DB: Several. The one I liked the best was Ice Cold in Alex which LeeThompson directed in 1958, John Mills, Sylvia Sims, Tony Quayle, GillTaylor was the cameraman and this was shot in the studio and Libya.[…]
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