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[…]ped into the Odeon, and the film showing there was Odd Man Out. And that was a total milestone. I had been depressed for not more than an hour and a half, and I came out of that cinema and I knew what I wanted to do.John Legard: How old were you then?Rodney Giesler: I was about 16. Suddenly I was so[…]
[…]ilm set, I didn't know what all the lamps were called, I didn't know what anything was called! Fortunately the focus puller, Karl Matthews - who was half German - did know, and so he did all the necessary interpreting for Schneeberger. But the film industry was very different in those days, it wasn'[…]
[…] Fowler 13:51 where did you mostly spend the war? Then overseas, in Aiden,Henry Seward 13:55 I spent a very nice three and a half years in AdenRoy Fowler 14:00 getting a sun turn. Okay, well, can I ask the questions Manny I was about to ask you that? What? H[…]
[…] labs. Oily Oliver was the man in charge. Rodney Giesler: Alf Dossett I remember. John Legard: And the marvellous man […]
[…] the deposit for the house was 25 pounds. Now that was a large sum in those days and I remember that we saved up the twenty five pounds in shillings half ground Sixpence is when the man came to collect the deposit.SPEAKER: F11I remember my mother emptying the teapot of all this money you know I mean[…]
[…] a good actor ÔÇô I think he was just starting Alf Garnett at the time. Hitherto he had been in […]