Charles Picken

[…]the industry. In fact the excellent book on Edinburgh Cinemas and a later DVD on the same subject brought back wonderful memories and remembrances of films viewed in all of the venues mentioned … and even of a couple of cinemas that even the author of those tomes had omitted!This passion had intensi[…]

James Arthur Clark

[…]sp;sue.malden@btinternet.com.Jim Clark Side 1======================================= SPEAKER: M1Right. This is about James Clark a distinguished film editor preferred to be called Jim actually rather than to say that from now on I'll call you Jim. For the record James. Yes yes. Anyway Jim yes w[…]

Philip Donnellan

[…]ersonal terms of reference, have always or generally appealed to them. I've had hellish arguments in the fronts of shop fronts while doing industrial films in one city or another but it is generally resolved with an amicable understanding that I'm on their side, which I think I am.  I hope so.C[…]

Erwin Hillier

[…]nd of Fritz Lang, he showed my paintings, and he was very impressed with that. So he said to me, now I understand. I mean, you want to be involved in film making. Which department would you like to go into? I was also, at that time, instant photography, so I showed him my photographs and the paintin[…]

Michael Clarke

[…]sp;The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU history project. The subject is Michael Clark, producer, director and editor of documentary films interviewed by john legard. The date is 22, October 1993. This is side one. And the file  number is 299.John Legard  0:37  Runnin[…]

Alan Izod

[…]the earliest time that I remember him, he was head Brewer at Meux's Brewery Limited in in London, which was practically on the site where the British Film Institute later was in in the corner of great Russell Street. And I think this site was sold  way back in the 20s. The Dominion Cinema, for […]

Rodney Giesler

[…]the navy, and eventually I went to a naval college at Pangbourne with the idea of going on from there. By the way, during my first term there I saw a film that had been made by a pupil who had left the previous term called Ken Russell. So I just missed being a contemporary of his. I was a contempora[…]

Vivienne Collins

[…]m the original cassette recording.Tape 1 Side A.The copyright of this recording is vested in The BECTU History Project. Vivienne Collins, nee Knight, film librarian, film creditor, documentaries, interviewer John Legard with Alan Lawson, recorded on the 30th of January 1997. Side One.AL: We’re […]

John Krish

[…] and never forgotten it. And because I couldn't get into the theatre I decided to try the people who'd made Night Mail. And I found out where the GPO Film Unit were, they were in Soho Square. So I went there and I was told they'd moved to Denham. And I got the name of the woman who was responsible f[…]
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