Edward (Teddy) Carrick (Craig)

[…]her was what they call a revolutionary. Oh, he had terrific theories about the theatre, and strangely enough even though he used to fight against the cinema, you know, he really couldn't stand the cinema, on principle. But he had certain films he loved to go and see again and again with Harry Bower […]

Ted Hallows

[…], after Erwin Asher went. Laura LaPlante, Jerry Jackson took over there. ButUnknown Speaker  24:32  every Friday evening there used to be a cinema show of all the latest stuff that come over from the States, before the census saw it Yes,Unknown Speaker  24:41  and Friday nights w[…]

Peter T Handford

[…]oys were very envious of this. I used to go and sit in this man’s surgery and be talked to for an hour or two and then I used to make for the nearest cinema before going back to school. It was wonderful. I mean it did not change my mind. The whole thing was absolute nonsense but it was about the onl[…]

Gordon McCallum

[…]ich were large monitory rooms, trying to simulate, I imagine, some of the effect of a hall, and with large loudspeakers which were similar to smaller cinema speakers. And, of course, the mixer talked to the people on the floor by a PA system, and of course, he sounded like the voice of God, and of c[…]

Adolph Simon

[…]nbsp;​How did you come to go to work at Pathé Frères? 00:01:09​ADOLPH:​Well when I left school I, I was uh, um liking about the ci-, I liked the cinema [???] but I’ll try to [???], but fortunately one of the, my father’s [coughs] colleague was a re-, relation to the di-, to the director of the,[…]

Kitty Wood (Morrison)

[…]od : Yes. They were quite a well known firm. Bruce-Woolfe was very interested in film and he used to make 'The Secrets of Nature' which went into the cinemas and were done by Mary Field, she was the producer. But they were a well-known firm, the other well-known firm was in Merton Park. I can't reme[…]
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