[…]eally remember what I did for them. I did a few horror films, a few horror filmsand a few small films, and then I sort of settled at ABPC [Associated British Picture Corporation] as it was then, as their permanent script girl, and did The Saint for two years.The Avengers for a year or[…]
This recording was transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, University of Leeds) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-Investigator, De Montfort University). (2015).BECTU History Project Interview […]
[…]00:00:00PF: This is an interview with Simon Lund from Cineric, New York, conducted on Skype by Paul Frith as part of the ‘Eastmancolor Revolution and British Cinema’ project, on 16 February 2018. So, thank you for agreeing to take part in this Simon. To begin with if we could talk a little bit about[…]
[…]mosphere?Anthony Mendleson : Um, well Ealing was a comparatively small studio compared with Denham or...Linda Wood : Had you been in any of the other British studios?Anthony Mendleson : I'd been in them, oh yes - been down to visit friends who were acting or something like that. In fact, once I was […]
[…]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[…]
[…] specialist facilities available we did do work for people like the In Colour series, The Second World War in Colour and The British Empire in Colour and these kind of programmes, which were ITV programmes but we had the knowhow and the machinery to deal some aspects of[…]
[…]t were alright on the music-halls to the talkies, as second features, and my treat used to be when I was you ng to go out to Elstree to the old BIP - British International Pictures - where he was working, and watch the filming. It never dawned on me that I'd like to do it... It simply seemed an easy[…]
