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 ProjectInterview […]
[…]g had to be done; shooting in real India streets was impossible; the railway was important so they chose a station outside of Bangalore; the original British bungalows were gone so they had to rebuild them; money went a long way in India; the relationship between Lean and Alec Guinness.00:25:24 – 00[…]
[…]tries, we were going through our camera gear and everything was confiscated and we were threatened with jail. And it was only the intervention of the British High Commissioner in Nairobi that actually got us out of the situation, minus the rolls of film. But not an unusual story.Interviewer 17[…]
[…]y films on at BIP, we couldn't have had much stage space, I can't remember exactly how much we had.John Legard: That sounds quite a healthy period in British filmmaking...Peggy Gick: It was very busy, yes.John Legard: ...in 1935 we're talking about, '34, '35?Peggy Gick: [???] Then I went to [Walton […]
