[…] sort of the producer so she phoned him and the reason he said send him in to see me er soon emerged because he said “I knew your father”.Q: He was a contemporary I guess, a pioneer along with your Dad.SAMUELSON: You’re absolutely right. He was my father’s producer and he left my father with I think[…]
[…] all turned me down apart from Charlie Cooper who ran Contemporary Films and he said "I’ll take i t for you […]
[…] basically my interest. I mean, I was a science pupil entirely at school. I was one of four people in the upper six science with them as Basil Hume a contemporary? Yeah. I was better at sounds from him. But he's better other things than I am. Knows, since I'm very happy and and in fact, have always […]
[…]hat a very reasonable arrangement was made and I agreed to buy the film department. So in November 1947 I set up for the first time a company called 'Contemporary Films Inc.' in New York, and carried on working there.Sidney Cole: What happened to the rest of the organisation and its money and all th[…]
[…]againand they all said “It’s very nice but it’s short. What can we do with a short film. Butthey all turned me down apart from Charlie Cooper who ran Contemporary Films andhe said “I’ll take it for you Norman because I could certainly get it on in the universities and those sort of outlets.” Yo[…]
[…] back into production as assistant dubbing mixer. Worked on various films , including Under Capricorn with Hitchcock , on 10 […]
[…]t to the cinema in the silent days, at the Majestic Cinema in Doncaster because my father was a great cinema buff and he loved going to the movies or films as they were called then. This Majestic Cinema had an orchestra sitting among the potted palms beneath the screen. One film I can remember was c[…]
[…] wrestler. Then I spent several years, a series for BP on the history of the motor car, the history of motorracing had been made almost entirely from contemporary film, the history of the motorcar had very little film really. It worked very well really. Then I did a film for the post office which I […]
[…] And I felt quite sure that the really dramatic story, contemporary dramatic story to be told was in the British […]
[…] And I felt quite sure that the really dramatic story, contemporary dramatic story to be told was in the British […]
