[…]ks, I think his name was, he was the same name as the actor...Sidney Cole: ...as the actor.Tilly Day: ...actor, yes. It was the New Zealand director...Sidney Cole: New Zealand director, was he?Tilly Day: Yes. He was the director of 'You must get Married' [actually, A. Leslie Pear[…]
[…] situation he was in – he felt his function was to keep costs down and just be tough about money generally.AL: Did you work with him when he became a director.SC: No. He didn't make anything very distinguished – mainly quota quickies which a lot of directors did in those days.AL: You've mentioned St[…]
[…] a very famous man who did sound things for the BBC. Daphne Shadwell: Not Huw Weldon? Joan Kemp-Welch: No...anyway, it's gone. […]
[…]Mac! I used to go and change in the wardrobe regularly! [Laughter] One or two films took me up doing a bit of flying, and we had to record Wellington bombers and things like that. And so, having seen that thing about bombers last night on the telly - I was saying to Jilly - we recorded a Wellington […]
[…] who afterwards became an agent and Alex Bryce, a Scotch director. I was still in my digs but we used to […]
[…]ese terrible mistakes happened, we cut to him. I'm trying to remember who it was - somebody who died - a very famous man who did sound things for the BBC.Daphne Shadwell: Not Huw Weldon?Joan Kemp-Welch: No...anyway, it's gone. But it was terribly funny! The only person whobehaved herself w[…]
[…]eature.Christopher Miles 4:36 Really the, the amount of time that you can actually spend in preparation is I think very valuable with the BBC. So everybody knows what they're doing. There isn't a lot of time to spend on the set as of movies and also the way of getting your own crew wheth[…]
[…]ries of four short films called Quartet, the Somerset Maugham stories.Charles Drazin: Was Harold French um...Manny Yospa: I can't remember the actual director. Cecil Parker was in the -Charles Drazin: Yes.Manny Yospa: I remember 'The Colonel's Lady'.Charles Drazin: Were you very much aware of the pr[…]
[…]t take you back a few steps… tell us about National Service BAWhen I first left school in 1950, the first application for a job was to the BBC. Cos I was mad… I had already written up to the BBC for tickets for Variety Bandbox and things like that, to go out to the People’s Palace i[…]
[…]BC employment, if you so wish. After that, you can look around as opportunity occurs. There are very large number of staff postings internally in the BBC. In fact, most of the higher appointments are filled from their own staff. So if you get something which isn't ideal, there's no reason why you sh[…]
