[…]o I applied naturally because I was interested in, in, you know, I’d learnt an awful lot being a PA.Mm. A PA in those days was in fact the director’s assistant, not behind a typewriter but actually in organising filming, doing the studio floor, helping with casting, and I was Jim McTaggart’s PA for […]
[…]g for anything.R. F. Off the set?C. D. No not really. Presents from the people that I hired the furniture from. Mind you, in those days there were no assistants in the Art Department at all. There was hardly an Art Department.R. F. So how did you function? You designed, you supervised construction, […]
[…] maintained er had not been paid.Incidentally my father won the case and er also um they definitely had financial troubles because the a young second assistant director was called Arthur Alcott and he told me once that they had to get out of Berlin and the bills hadn’t been paid and his job was to s[…]
[…]here I took over from a man called Derek Stewart, who then started Derek Stewart films, and he and myself and A man called George Hadland, who was my assistant, John seIf. John Hadland started. John Hadland, who were the great firm on all aspects of high speed cinematography, and are now in, I think[…]
[…](indistinct) director. I said ‘well, what do you want to be in the end?’ he said “director” and I said ‘oh, so do I!’. he said, “well, become a third assistant director.” So I said ‘well, how do I do that?’ and he said “well, give me your phone number, and I’ll let you know.” So I thought, ‘yes, hah[…]
[…] It certainly had a vitality about it.Jimmy Gilbert: yes, terrific. But In 1947, 48, I was desperately trying to get a job. I wanted a job as a 4 the assistantJohn Taylor: This was when you finished at RADA.Jimmy Gilbert: Before I finished, just trying to make my way, this great ambition was to get […]
[…]iddlesex Hospital. And it was I think, just about the time that they moved into that that I joined them, I persuaded them to give me a job as a as an assistant director. Because I I'm, I don't think I've worked for them at all before that. It was when they started at Cleveland street that I went to […]
[…]t to do your bit by staying here and ensuring that jobs are here for the boys when they came back. And in that connection, we're going to make you an assistant director. Well, of course, I didn't think about joining you up anymore. I did my bit merrily as an assistant director.Unknown Speaker […]
[…] So I went into G-BI and worked as a trainee assistant director, which is obviously where I was destined to be, […]
[…]ment, so I gave them the option not to take me and then at a suitable time they took me back voluntarily. So I went into G-BI and worked as a trainee assistant director, which is obviously where I was destined to be, in production, because I am better with people than I am with equipment, or with te[…]
