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[…] Well, both. You see the with artists. See Denham had it. They had a certain continuity. We had two or three different companies working -highlight">-highlight">-highlight">at two -highlight">-highlight">-highlight">cities, and then an independent film produced by Paul and Pressburger, Carol Reed, Gillian Warner and so on, and Anthony asquest. They were the indepe[…]
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And the other was under Earl St John.
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Right. So you were -highlight">-highlight">-highlight">attached to Independent Producers [inaudible]?
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[…]was born in the London, in 1913, and I had the normal sort ofschooling, Gladstone, and I eventually went to an art school when I was 15.Roy Fowler: Th-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">at was always part ofMaurice Carter: I suppose I always had, my f-highlight">-highlight">-highlight">ather was in charge of work on for instancethe Titanic, interior work, and my brother[…]
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