[…] for one reason or another and you can't get rid of him, if you can get rid of him all right but if you can't, which can easily happen because of the castings then you just have to be able to go along with it and bear with it.KGY: I think you're right. He does recognise people who will stand up to h[…]
[…]it gets very confusing, as he and I found when we all worked together with about another 18 Johns years ago. But John started life in broadcasting with the BBC in radio in programme engineering, eventually became a studio manager and eventually a producer of radio, moved to the north to M[…]
[…]ce by the commissionaire. And I went into this studio and of course I was over-awed by it, lights and everything like this you see. And there was the director - of course it was a silent film, obviously - there was the director showing a man how to make love to a woman, and her name was, I'll always[…]
[…]alled Black Limelight out at ABC Studios, Boreham Wood, I said any chance of getting the job of your stand in. He said you'11 have to go along to the casting director. He said I'll speak to him. He came back the next night and said go along and see somebody called Anderson, and this chap obviously d[…]
[…] and everything like this you see. And there was the director - of course it was a silent film, obviously […]
[…]didn’t want it to be noticeable. I think that is the best way I can put it. If somebody asked me today to do that, I would say I think I am the wrong casting because it doesn’t interest me. But I was excited by the chance to photograph that film anyway.PF: Yes. There are a few moments in the film as[…]
[…]inued to head the company until his death in 1973, producing over 400 plays, musicals and revues.[7] Daphne Rye (1916-1992) was a director, actor and casting director. As the casting agent for HM Tennent, she discovered a number of significant actors including Richard Burton and Kenneth More.[8] Joh[…]
[…]mean, that was one of the things very ordinary, unregulated people adored Humphrey, because he was real. You know, he didn't have any side. He had no casting, you know,Rodney Giesler 40:31 but you see the cat, the firemen and fires were started. Were fantastically handled. Yes, they were[…]
[…]Sidney Cole: Yes, so...he had a, kind of, extra parent in you and your mother?Tilly Day: Oh yes, he was a dear!Sidney Cole: What other directors... did you ever work with David Lean?Tilly Day: No, I knew him very well. I knew him as a cutter.Sidney Cole: But I know David has[…]
[…] in continuity, Because he was a very, sort of, careful director himself. Tilly Day: And, you know, I suddenly thought […]
