[…]as a cinema pianist was when....originally I went to convent (school), and learned the piano there, which I hated because the poor old Nuns did their best, I used to run under the tables to dodge them, and my Father got a bit disconcerted, he said, ‘I don’t know whether I should put you to typing an[…]
[…]nite reducer was much better one. There were various other methods, there was a salt one as well. umpteen of them, but I thought I think that was the bestBert Craik 11:45 thing I found a calling in those days when when when I came into the black and white Labs was with Kays you know with[…]
[…]6 – 00:43:15 Un-perforated film stock in early cinema; perforating film was done by women in the studios; shuffle-gate Bell and Howell camera was the best made according to DD; viewfinders in cameras; DD discusses modern developments including scope and Technirama which drew in audiences; 00:43[…]
[…]onship to the people is of far deeper significance in the national life than modern opinion would allow and is affected by no narrowness of sect or denomination and is a theme that calls for broad understanding, sensitiveness of touch and personal conviction. All these Miss Grierson has brought to t[…]
[…]rom 1936 to 1978. The war was in the middle but I was a newsreel war correspondent so I was still with Movietone.Roy Fowler: Norman I wonder what the best way is of covering this period? Just coming forward in time as you remember things?Norman Fisher: OK.Roy Fowler: I suppose then the first questio[…]
[…]e: Can you remember any of the dates.Betty Bachelor: No. They should have been in those notes with Helen. He became national officer, and he got more nominations than has ever been recorded.Sid Cole: Because those officers are elected.Betty Bachelor: Yes. He was there 22 years and retired. He was ap[…]
[…]x Office Open Tomorrow" and so on. The mere fact that we were so full and nobody - there were queues that night and nobody could get in, that was the best selling angle we could possibly have! And from then onwards - and we ran the film then for two years.Sidney Cole: Wow.Jack Rockett: Ran it for tw[…]
[…]is done now on real locations. Actors have told me that they find that rather good because it gives them more of an atmosphere than possibly even the best sets in the studio.RP: It probably does from the actor's point of view. On the other hand you've got to put up with sometimes extraneous noises a[…]
[…]en Neilson Baxter who was the Treasurer found this place in Soho Square to buy - the Union had no money, you know, and a shot in the dark, it was the best thing the union had done - I think it was four thousand pounds if I remember correctly, something like that, and that was when the buzz bombs wer[…]
