Phyllis Dalton

[…]that child that he’d never see his mummy and daddy again and heburst into tears.That’s a director, isn’t it?Yes. He got it on camera.Yeah, that was a director.And I’m afraid I’d opt out of that scene. It’s a point beyond which I couldn’t go as adirector.No, I know, I agree.Fine if the kid’s yelling […]

Mary Harvey (Welford)

[…]dvisor so he knew all about it. But, I remember David Kingsley was the...That's right.Managing...Y es.No, yes, Managing Director, he was the Managing Director. And they were already there so I couldn't really say who, who brought them in, but I think Sidney covered that quite clearly and he did a gr[…]

Peter Montagnon

[…]didn't get that job, but the unit ganged up on me and quite rightly, they didn't want anybody in from the there'd been a palace revolution inside the BBC. And and the man who was in charge had got chucked out for being too pro Russian. The fools didn't in the foreign office didn't understand you say[…]

Jan Zilliacus

[…]t was. Well and there wasn’t any way for me to get out of it really and so I, Itook the way out this way out. I married a chap called Alex, Alexander Harris.Mm, mm.He was twenty-three.Y es.And he worked on an adjoining island.Y es.And father of my daughter there.[Laughter] Daddy’s daughter yes.Yes t[…]

Charles Bennett

[…]hing of writing just ahead of the camera. The assistant director would come up and say, "got any pages for Mr. Elvey down there" - Maurice Elvey, the director. Anyway, one day Claude Rains came up to my office, and he said "Charles, have you noticed this girl Jane Baxter who's playing the second par[…]

Peter Proud

[…]bsp;girl.Hitch got into disfavour. He brought one of the Armours back,Wilfred as Art Director. Wilfred claimed me andHitch was strong and he got me. and then he got&[…]

Madeline Smith

[…]ink they hit I think the head was actually sitting straight on my shoulders now. And particularly Vampire Lovers with Roy Ward Baker who was stunning director.  Mike Dick  1:03:18  We'll come on to that.. hold your horses.. Madeline Smith  1:03:21 &n[…]

Cyril Howard

[…]e lady, she was very good indeed and was in Brief Encounter. RF:  That was his first r11m as a solo director. CH:  David Lean hasn't directed many films.RF:  Back to This Happy Breed. CH:  I[…]

Philip Leacock

[…]tures in this country from then on, of which something called Appointment in London, I don't remember, was soon after that.Philip Leacock: That was a Bomber Command picture with Dirk Bogarde. It was the first picture Dirk did where he didn't play a psychotic killer or something like that. He played […]

Cy Young

[…] programmes for them. People like Acme?productions or you know Barney Straw? production companies who actually make the programs and sell them to the BBC. But. The question is you had the rights to the material . It might be the BBC where it might be the production company. It might be a bit of each[…]
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