Maurice Elvey – Transcript

[…] Elvey was one of the most prolific directors in British cinema history, directing over 300 feature films between 1917 and […]

Roger Davis

[…]get good to get into the main network. So it was quite complex on outside broadcasts. Anyway, that's Scott's degree and that was of course had been a cinema. And it had been a boxing buzz. But the BBC acquired it gutted it and was completely refitted as the first proper studio for Midland spear babi[…]

Paul Collard

[…]prints was raised by a very considerable extent through the introduction of ECP2. And that was important because for print distribution, you know, as cinema became more popular the number of prints that you made could increase very rapidly without having to move into a bigger building or you could r[…]

Chris Menges

Chris Menges (CM) Cinematographer Interviewers: Paul Frith (PF) & Keith Johnston (KJ) Date 10/05/2019 Total Length 01:26:43 Part One[00:00:09]PF: Well first off, thank you Chris for taking part in the interview today. I think we should begin where your interests in film […]

Rob Woodward

[…] issue so it was, I think the old Board had felt compelled to maintain the size of the Pearl and Dean business through a particular contract with Vue Cinemas. The problem with the contract was it was an onerous contract from day one! It meant that, before we did anything, we were almost guaranteed t[…]

John Cotter

[…]ad retired from the RAF in 1924, which was quite early - and he joinedCookwit(?) Budget as a camera man which was one of the original, very original, cinemanewsreels. Topical budget. I mean it was one of the first ones. He then transferred, to myknowledge, in about 1927-28 to Pathé and was a camera […]

Hugh Attwooll

[…]projectionist  in Pi  force. go immediately to divisional headquarters. So off, I travelled. And we Kiirkuk at the time with a big mud hut, cinema. And I went and saw the G 1 They said we have a very special film that we can't allow any of the Iraqis to see. And we've got to do it. coming […]
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