[…] years in the Army as a Soldier in the Parachute Regiment, and the Parachute Regiment did me a power of good. I grew up, unquestioningly, I’m grateful to the Army for what the Army did for me. I saw a bit of action, not as much as some others did, and when I saw enough I came out, I was […]
[…]  Well, both. You see the with artists. See Denham had it. They had a certain continuity. We had two or three different companies working at two 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[…]
[…]do important artistic work because to retain, as so many painters demonstrate, quite apart from many other art forms, the childlike view of the simplicities and complexities of the world is enormously important I think in trying to establish um a certain sort of truth – generally a subjective truth […]
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...from Bush.
Yah. That’s right.
And the other was under Earl St John.
Yes. Yah.
Taken over Two Cities.
Yah. [0:40:24]
Right. So you were attached to Independent Producers [inaudible]?
I suppose so. I, well I was at Archers, yes, who... […]
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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: That was always part ofMaurice Carter: I suppose I always had, my father was in charge of work on for instancethe Titanic, interior work, and my brother[…]
[…]He was a lawyer. He was Toplas's  partner. Oh, Ronald Neame  14:44  Oh that's right. That's right. Anyway, the Two Cities Roy Fowler  14:48  The Two Cities originally were Rome and London. Ronald Neame  14:53  Well,[…]
BILL COTTON JRRestricted copyright and pUblication only with writtenpermissionInterviewed by John Taylor, with Stephen Peet and Alan LawsonBill Cotton Jr was born on 23 April 1928, educatedArdingnye College, SussexSIDE 1, TAPE 1John Taylor: Your father started working with the band early on, before […]
[…]work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for film credits that include Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) and Lucie in A Tale of Two Cities (1958). The Devils is a play written by John Whiting and based on Aldous Huxley’s The Devils of Loudun. Set in France in 1634, it is about secu[…]
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