[…] that keen. They thought my education was all rather wasted. During the course of business my father met Castleton Knight who was the head of Gaumont British News, quite a character, an extraordinary chap. He did a lot of extraordinary publicity stunts at a time when newsreels were in enormous compe[…]
[…] about Lady Astor, Nancy Astor, she wasn't actually the first British 23 MP but she was al ways named as […]
[…] about Lady Astor, Nancy Astor, she wasn't actually the first British 23 MP but she was al ways named as […]
[…]uy, the guy that sacked me...Was smoking?Was, was actually gave me one of his own fags the night before.Yes.In the room that...Yes.And that, and, mm, British and, B&D got... [Pause] No.[OI] BIP you mean?BIP.[OI] Yes.No, I worked at BIP’s. B&D’s got burnt down.[OI] Yes.36And, mm, got burnt do[…]
[…] [???] four years, even well before sound. We used to pay a thousand quid for the rights, and then we used to, so many copies were going out [???] in British [???], in India, in all those country.00:32:38​We were doing quite well [???] even paying a thousand quid for it. One year somebody paid a dir[…]
[…]d be an amateur theatricals and things like that, but nothing more.So how long did you stay at Wharton Hall?I stayed there until really sound came in British Acoustic andTimeline when roughlythat was 1929. I remember I sort of half joined the sound department of it with Stuart Rome. He came over and[…]
