[…] May 45 this is in days of non fraternization with the Germans. And as an arrow, cm, I had the job of taking these chips on bathing parties to on the Baltic on Sundays and the British Army had a place barb wire off, so we were entirely known, except, of course, of each side of the barbed wire, but t[…]
[…]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[…]
