[…]ause there was no resistance subsequently when the directors made it clear they did want to affiliate, in fact they now refer to it as a jewel in the crown. So purely by accident that was something I can point to. Bit by bit I began to find out what was going on and contribute, the chairman was a ma[…]
[…]production stuff and commercials. And there were a lot of people like ICI, ESSO all sorts of various companies were making pictures in those days ... Crown, and so forth. I took over all their work.Fowler/Lawson: As neg developer? (No!) Supervisor?Bill Girdlestone: Just printing and gradin[…]
[…] of various companies were making pictures in those days ... Crown, and so forth. I took over all their work. […]
[…]sp;gave me an historical chore which was to open Pinewood Studios and snatch it back from Crown Film Unit, who were leaving miserablyin twos and threes as we moved in. I&[…]
[…] Mallett : Yes there they were. Roy Fowler : Yes, Crown Film Unit, yes. Ella Mallett : Yes. Roy Fowler : Before […]
[…]working on Shepperton and when I was you know for all those years I was there we had a camera of our own that was only yours. And mine was called the crown jewels. Nobody ever touched that. That was my camera ??? 235. I mean, that was my oneAlan Lawson 22:06 that came from meaning. I don[…]
[…] be at Aston Clinton...well they were making propaganda films...Desert Victory, things like that.Ella Mallett : Yes there they were.Roy Fowler : Yes, Crown Film Unit, yes.Ella Mallett : Yes.Roy Fowler : Before we come onto Glebelands, there's one thing I should have asked you before, and that is the[…]
[…]d the system, the widescreen system. It was a great success. Spyro Skouras said the Queen of England is going on a Commonwealth tour, she'd just been crowned, 1953. And he said, I think Movietone News should follow them and take newsreel pictures in CinemaScope. So they decided they would do this. S[…]
[…] England is going on a Commonwealth tour, she'd just been crowned, 1953. And he said, I think Movietone News should […]
