[…] my stride a lot of non-English people. I had a Siamese friend, Argentine friends, there were Dutch - many nationalities and I have always been, therefore, very much international in my whole approach. And I remember being shocked at an early age, reading a 'Bulldog Drummond' thing when one of the v[…]
[…]53]I We want to hear a little bit about your work on Out of Africa because we all know that it culminated in receiving what is considered the highest award in the Motion Picture business, that is the Academy Oscar. Can you tell us a little bit about working on the picture and your enjoyment and prob[…]
[…] film, I remember watching it, the one you got the award for. LK: That was for Anthony Simmons[xlv]who is quite […]
[…] continuity and scriptwriting in 1932. During the war she worked for Verity Films – a documentary company set up by […]
[…]. Can I mention John Burt, am I allowed to mention? Yeah, whatever you think. I mean, we I actually went on strike once when John Burt came in and he awarded himself a pay rise, vastly more than we were getting as an annual salary, and we were putting in for a pay rise, and we weren't being given it[…]
[…] permission of the BECTU History Project (http://www.historyproject.org.uk/). Copyright of interview material is vested in the BECTU History Project (formerly the ACTT History Project) and the right to publish some excerpts may not be allowed.Mary Harvey Tape 1 Side A1Mary Harvey Tape 1 Side ANote f[…]
[…] 5Tape 17Michaela Denis and their film series was called On Safari and I think about two years previously to that they had won the BBC award for the best factual programme, probably in 1956 or 4 or something like that. Although television in those days was only black and white and it […]
[…]ou very much. I think my main claim to fame is we we produce enough, about 2500 pounds a year to the CTBFannual dinner dance,no old thing. We give an award and for people in business outside the business we think of you know, done reasonably well. And that that really it I come in here on a Wednesda[…]
[…]mpany was that?That was Rayant.That was again Rayant?Yes, yes.Was that in colour?Yes, yes. That was ’68.[both speaking together]I remember it won the award. I remember watching on television.Ah. [laughter] No, I don’t think... it was cut out.I’ve never been so cross in my life because they rushed yo[…]
[…]8SIDE l, TAPE lRF: When and where were you born. CH: I was born in Barnet Hertfordshire . 1926. I joined the r11m industry November of 1941 and I joined it […]
