[…]d she had - amongst many of her clients - she had a lady whose husband happened to be at that time the general sales manager of a film company called British Lion Film Corporation. And Sidney Myers was looking, or somebody within British Lion was looking for some young blood, and Mrs Myers happened […]
[…]y. But, you know, I mean it’s the usual thing I suppose, I wanted to do good for the world, I wanted to go back and rescue India from the bloody British, you know, that kind of thing. And I think that was all part and parcel of it, you know. I sort of saw myself on a white horse – a w[…]
BECTU History Project - Interview No. 381 The Copyright of this interview with Larry Allen is the copyright of the British Entertainment History Project. To use contach the Secretary Sue Malden sue.malden@btinternet.com Transcription Date: 2002-07-08Interview Date: 1996-04-11&nb[…]
[…] say I started off at Stoll's as a clapper boy and progressed to first assistant. I left Stoll's after about 12 months and went to Gaumont's, Gaumont British at Lime Grove. I was there at Lime Grove until the sort of crash came, the general film industry crash in 1936, when we were all - these days […]
[…] that Rachael Low wrote several books of the history of British film. Edward Carrick: Ye s . Sid Cole: They […]
[…] entered the film industry in the early 1930s at Gaumont- British under the apprenticeship scheme run by Ian Dalrymple. He […]
[…]s transcript has been produced automatically using Otter.It provides a basic, but unverified or proofread transcript of the interview. Therefore, the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) accepts no liability for any misinterpretation of the content of this interview.However, the BEHP wants t[…]
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[…] of sound he moved to England, working initially for Phonofilm/ British Talking Pictures. When they folded he bought their library […]
