[…]there writing autographs, Deanna Durbin was there, Brian Aherne who was a flying instructor with Thunderbird Field was there, because he was training British pilots.John Taylor: You had wings by this time.Jimmy Gilbert: yes, I had two sets of wings.John Taylor: Why two sets.Jimmy Gilbert: You gradua[…]
[…]times a week! [Chuckles] Roy Fowler: Yes. In those days what kind of comparison, as a filmgoer, did you make between the Hollywood films and the British films? Andy Worker: Well they were all good - in fact they were all better than they are today I think. And you know, one had favourites […]
[…] got the sack and I stayed on! And after another - whatever it was - a year or nine months, I finally got a break into the cutting rooms with Gaumont-British Instructional, on the top floor of Lime Grove. And I made all the mistakes that you do when you're training to be an editor. Dropping the cent[…]
[…]s, I think we were lucky in that. It did have attention. I mean, I think that was great to help by the Boulting  brothers, who were then running British Lion  that actually had his own short department division. Prior to that, I, I really walked out of or ran away and away to Paris. To stu[…]
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