[…]le Time, there was South of Algiers, Appointment in Londonwas probably one of the ones that lasted a bit better, that was the one about the bomber command which was written by John Wooldridge, who actually was a composer, but he was an ex-RAF man, as indeed Aubrey Baring was, and I remembe[…]
[…]rom the mountains. It smells wonderful. Anyway, the enduring the war they needed to get timber because they couldn't be imported to Aberdeen from the Baltic Sea because of the torpedoes and ships being sunk and all that. So they were cutting down their own the forests in Scotland. And they got Canad[…]
[…]s no way of getting in anywhere, and finally, I was out of work for six months, and then I would get on a film. By this time I was an assistant director. I had tried everything, I had been a third, I had been a second. For a few minutes I had been a first, but the electrician, on the fil[…]
 This material is the copyright of the ACTT History Project, Daphne Anstey widow of Edgar, editor with the National Film Board of Canada under her maiden name, Lily, interviewers JohnLegard [JL] and Gloria Sachs [GS], recorded in her home, in Hampstead Garden Suburb, 3 May 1989. Recordist Alan […]
[…]n newspapers. And we were bombed – not our house, but we were blitzed in Cardiff, and my father decided that he would not expose his family to German bombers, and so he moved to Plymouth. In retrospect that was probably not a wise move because the Heinkels and the Dauniers could also reach Plymouth.[…]
[…]ry! [Chuckles.] Oh, there it was! But you never checked when you were doing a black and white film, you very rarely checked your costume with the art director. When you were doing colour, that was a very different matter, of course you had to then, otherwise the most awful things could happen. But i[…]
[…]ry Jack Hawkins and detective story. And after that, it was announced at the end of that was announced that the studio was closing, being sold to the BBC. And we were tipped off. So you boys are okay, you will come with us to MGM. And that's great, got no problem. And I was the only person left in t[…]
[…]actually better remunerated. There was more, in those days I think the sort of rule of thumb was a job at STV seemed to pay half as much again as the BBC. That was the kind of trade-off so everybody that was good anywhere else in the industry very quickly ended up coming into ITV, BBC, well ITV, ITN[…]
[…]hey called it, yes.Tom Peacock: Sound City, they called it Sound City. And Korda had his brothers there, Vincent...Sidney Cole: That's right, the art director...Tom Peacock: Yeah. Well...Sidney Cole: ...and Zoltan.Tom Peacock: That's right, yeah. He used to be dressed up in breeches if I can remembe[…]
[…] as it were, as an as an actor, and behind the scenes doing all sorts of things. And it got on the on my end of turn, reporter would like to join the BBC. No, I never read that. So when I actually went to law gave this to whoever was interviewing me at the time. So it was sort of helpful, wasn't it?[…]
