[…]but looking back on it without realising at the time, there was – I seem to remember there was a problem on another film and they wanted extra scenic artists to work the weekend to paint stuff. So, two scenic artists from Lime Grove- 5 minutes PM: -were sent to Pinewood. And they said “You[…]
[…]r him. Neither did he, for that matter. And it's Star dedmon, lo and Esther Ralston, both Americans, which was unusual in those days to have American artists over, but it was a big picture for those days. And somehow, rather, I suppose, having been so closely associated, and what's all these things […]
[…]rma which my father actually bought from Thorma himself and the little village at the bottom there is where he had a sort of St Ives in Cornwall - an artist's colony - where Vincent was his pupil. So there is this sort of little link between them. And I kept up with Vincent after Alex died until Vin[…]
[…]trying to think of the name of, I'll remember, in a minute, the name of the film. And it sort of triggered off from there. And then I was at the film Artists Agency in London, we're recording. And so one thing went to another, and I just suddenly found myself in the film industry doing stunt work, s[…]
[…]he film wasn't very fast and the projector didn't have a very powerful Arc Light, and then you had the problem of lack of depth of field between your artists and the screen. Yes, Frank, he was near the screen as possible with the artist and I believe again, Lime Grove go months Jack Whitehead did a […]
[…] no editing, it would just be live interview with an artist.’ And there is a place for that. Obviously in […]
[…] and apply for grants, and get a new bed. There was a functioning welfare state. Yeah. Yeah Even in the eighties as well, when there was lots of artists that came out of signing on during that time... I certainly did that. I graduated in June 1979 with a Humanities degree, third class, hon[…]
[…]doing there, I remember the first films that happened there was a Carol Reed film called Talk Of The Devil, another of these films with old Hollywood artists, or we had Ricardo Cortez and Sally Eilers, another film I was doing, I don't know which one I was on, but another one was a Sydney Howard pic[…]
[…]gton and we will pay your fare.JS: Where were you?RA: In New York, it was very necessary because we had no money at all. Charlotte No 1 was a fashion artist and I had no money at all. So I went to Washington and they said we like your music, would you like to write the music for the film. When I say[…]
