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Eileen Diss (1931-) is a British theatrical designer. After studying at the Central School of Art she worked at the […]
[…]I’d been on for about twenty minutes. And Olivier called me back: “Mr Grainger, where did you get the voice from?” And I said “Well, if you go to the British Museum, and you get the prompt copy, and you follow Kean’s Richard III it comes out “Now is the-“ [imitating Olivier] He said “Thank you very […]
[…]l with me and said there was plenty of work that I could do, it was ridiculous. And in fact I got a job thenwith... oh gawd. I think they were called British... oh, here we are, I’ve probably writtenit out here. ’51... British Industrial Films. John Curtois [ph]. And they were makingactually fi[…]
[…] major picture I made, you see. Roy Fowler: That was British National, was it not? The production, did they finance it, […]
[…]that for a very long time, that movie." But it did me a lot of good you see, it was the first major picture I made, you see.Roy Fowler: That was British National, was it not? The production, did they finance it, British National?Vernon Sewell: No, it was an Alexander Korda film.Roy Fowler:[…]
[…] and they wrote back and said no, we will pay you (laughs). I couldn't get over it; we will pay you nine pounds a week2 Roy Oxley (1899-?) was a British production designer at the BBC, he won a BAFTA for his work on The Portrait of a Lady in 1969.3 Peter Bax was a production desi[…]
[…]fax: Gentleman, which was a famous book by a woman named Mrs. Craik. I played John Halifax when young, and a guy named Fred Paul, who was by way of a British film star, played him when he was older. So I was in films, I'd forgotten that, yes! But I don't think I was quite up there with Mickey Rooney[…]
[…] looked around for something else that would use my zoology and would give me a satisfying life. And I had the greatest good luck to hit upon Gaumont-British Instructional, who at that time, were making a great number of natural history and zoological films under the guidance of Julian Huxley, and P[…]
[…]ery much a second feature, and it made quite a hit in really being a filler. I don't know if it would be interesting just to read what was said, 'The British short film Doss House is to my mind the best cinema - entertainment in London this week, I suggest if you're still distrustful of British film[…]
