Albert Critoph

[…]ilm, and to see this set of the interior of Lyons Corner House was fantastic. One of the other features I remember quite well. I can't think the lady artist was at that particular time. She was unknown. But there was a film called My Ain Folk?. And on the stage, they built an interior of a canteen i[…]

Kitty Marshall (Hermges)

[…], and that more, but I would like to tell youabout this one, was Finger [ph] and I can’t remember what his Christian name was. Andhe was a marvellous artist, I remember him doing wonderful representations of aerial views of the countryside as you would see from an airplane, he was there. Sally Sedgw[…]

Cedric Dawe

[…]reelance, yes. There was no contract. It was all very precarious.R. F. What would you do? Would you design.C. D. I designed and painted like a scenic artist. Well I was a scenic artist on the stage.R. F. Costumes as well?C. D. No. Not at that stage. Here and there whenever the freelance work. . . . […]

Graham Hartstone

[…] as part of the background. And on top of the sound department was an enormous enormous glass mat where it was quite fascinating to go up and see the artist painting in the rest of the world. So they would have an establishing shot through the glass mat. Jumping to a bit later that when they had did[…]

Joy Cuff (née Seddon)

[…] MIKE: The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project. The name of the interviewee is Joy Cuff, ne Seddon   - Matte Artist. The name of the interviewer is Mike Dick. Date: 8th June 2010 and this is Tape One. 0:00:22 Ok Joy, tell me about your background. Where […]

John Ammonds

[…]very highly developed sense of humour which I think he got from his father. I've still got a book somewhere with drawings he would do, caricatures of artists and me I'm there somehow, the face you know and various artists who worked up there. But yes, that was a tragedy. There was me Myrrid Jones, P[…]

Margaret Dale

[…]ething and she would be delighted and then Babs would say no and the other Bev, the name of whom I’ve forgotten....... (MD tails off)...I was used to artists doing what you tell them to and these three, although they were united, they fought between themselves all the time and then they forgot you, […]

Muriel Box (Gardiner) (née Baker)

[…]- I think I explained the reason in my book - when a film is completed and they're starting to do the editing, there are lots of things they need the artists back for scenes.Sidney Cole : And the retakes can be very important.Muriel Box : Yes, and you know the films backwards because I used to go wi[…]

Muriel Box

[…] Box : I should think so, oh yes. Very good artist, first class, but never did anything twice and she […]
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