Muriel Box (Gardiner) (née Baker)

[…]appened and she said, "They're not going to lend you the money." It was about forty thousand or something we wanted, and at that moment the assistant director on the film we were making at that moment popped his head round the door and said, "There's trouble on the floor, will you come down and paci[…]

Albert Critoph

[…]d series and Edgar Wallace is in the early days of the features. The producer was Alex Snowden.Albert Critoph  9:29  We had, we had our own casting director by the name of Ronnie Curtis. He was based in St Martin's lane, but obviously, when production took place, he was down at the studios[…]

Tom Peacock

[…]actually the plaster would set, there was a way of deterring it from setting by putting sides in[?]. But all you had to do, say for instance you were casting cornices, you didn't have to but it was a recognised thing that you did eight, nine lengths which could be twelve foot long in one day, that's[…]

David Robson

[…] His name was William K. Howard and he was the director of the film. Alan Lawson: Oh yes. David Robson: […]

Lord Lew Grade

[…] invited you... Lew Grade : So Val became the managing director, Val Parnell that is, I became the deputy managing […]

Evangeline Harrison

[…] the end of film party, Jocelyn Rickards was there and I’d heard about Jocelyn and I thought she sounded wonderful, and I had for a bit worked as Art Director on Morgan as my husband’s father died in America and he went off for a month. Nobody seemed to even notice me so I just carried on! I’d spott[…]

Sarah Erulkar (de Normanville)

[…]long black hair, well longish black hair. And you know they, we all, they all looked exactly like (laughter), I walked through and realised they were casting for the extras for Cleopatra. And you know they, I couldn't, I couldn't get through to Korda, they kept on saying "no, no you go this way dear[…]

David Robson

[…]orning and it was there that I met my first American, and I've loved working with Americans ever since. His name was William K. Howard and he was the director of the film.Alan Lawson: Oh yes.David Robson: And they're marvellous people, easy to get on with, they're positive, you know exactly where yo[…]

Lew Grade

[…] London Weekend and five days in the Midlands. But they couldn't get the people to support him...Alan Sapper : No.Lew Grade : So the Independent Broadcasting Authority, as it were then IBA, called us and said "would you join them" and we joined them...Alan Sapper : They invited you...Lew Grade : So […]
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