This recording was transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, University of Leeds) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-Investigator, De Montfort University). (2015).BECTU History ProjectInterview n[…]
[…]elor: He was the cameraman, he was gorgeous. And in fact the only one of that bunch who did anything afterwards, apart from me.Kay Mander: Were these films for cinema?Joy Batchelor: Yes they were, but they only had a short life and a gay one. He had very good connections, this bloke, and our film - […]
[…]story Project - Interview No. 10[Copyright BECTU]Interview Date: 22 July 1987Interviewer: Wyn Ryder, Alan Lawson Interviewee: Reginald (Reggie) Beck, film editorSIDE 1, TAPE 1Wyn Ryder: We ought to start off with where you were born and what sort of schooling you had.Reggie Beck: I was bor[…]
[…];  PW: I’m not sure how you can answer that question without conceit. It’s always an honour to be recognised for what you’ve done. From the filming point of view probably, although I’ve won a number of awards in Milan and New York and the American festivals, the one that I probably remembe[…]
[…] there and enthusiastic. He then went out to Hollywood and became a great lighting designer in Hollywood.Roy Fowler: Yes, he directed one or two films out there, didn't he?Joan Kemp-Welch: Yes and he died, oh, I suppose about twenty years ago, didn't he?Roy Fowler: I can't remember wh[…]
[…]cause he hadn't told them what it was about. They didn't realise it was a protest against the Commonwealth Games. Steve then went off to the National Film and Television School. He was one of the first year's intake at the School and when he was there, Centre Point had just been built in London with[…]
[…]t he had a lot of friends in the city that before he was readyUnknown Speaker  1:57  for what made you did? What made you decide to go into films. One day,Unknown Speaker  2:05  a friend,Unknown Speaker  2:08  I metUnknown Speaker  2:10  a friend andUnknown Sp[…]
[…]ey Street of course, was very famous wasn’t it?That’s right, that’s right, yes, yes.Yes. And in fact the other day on television we had the Hitchcock film for the first time.Oh really.That he sort of re, reconstructed the Sidney Street siege for the last ten minutes.Ah, ha, yes.With Peter Lorre and […]
[…]fter the other, 'till I got this big shed.Rodney Giesler: How do you mean, you opened up?Larry Allen: Well I had projectors and I was making animated films back in them days, as a boy.Rodney Giesler: Yeah, but where did you get the money to buy the projectors?Larry Allen: Well actually the projector[…]
