[…] more expensive films wasn't it?Anthony Mendleson : Yes, it didn't work in any sense at all, but it was quite fun to do. The first time I worked with David Niven. 'West of Zanzibar.' I did, you know, I used to do Anthony Steel and Sheila's clothes, that sort of thing. I didn't go out there. 'Rainbow[…]
[…]ice that was?For the Post Office, yes.Directly for the Post Office or to a company?No, no, directly for the Post Office. And it had Arnold Machin and David Gentleman and Jeffery Matthews were the three designers I used.And you scripted it?I scripted it and directed it.Sara Erulkar Page 23What c[…]
[…]a new going and chat. And that gets very where it becomes almost a center of your life internal battle all. The time. You get very good bosses. Like. David bosses. Never had anybody ever really bother. But it was just as constant negating what seemed to be good ideas all the time. Can we get on my t[…]
INTERVIEW WITH PETER SARGENT, 8/5/2000PS: Peter Sargent; MS: Mike Sargent; DB: David BrownDB. What is your earliest memory, Peter? Where did you actually start?PS. I started in 1934, at Lime Grove, which of course has gone now, Lime Grove at Shepherd's Bush, and I started there. And the reason I sta[…]
[…] Four television documentary Fifties Features, broadcast in September 1986. [13] David Castell, “More by accident than design”, Films Illustrated, October […]
[…]he whole period of the debates and the vote and that sort of thing and I remember in fact at one time being asked by the then Director of Programmes, David Johnstone, "Were we not over-doing it?" Were we maybe not doing too many programmes? And I said, "No, I don't think so because whatever the resu[…]
[…]know, that's OK! But you had to trust the Director wouldn't say, "I don't know why he shot it like that!" So, NB under two Directors, Steve Flack and David Counsel and Agnes Willkie was the Producer. Fantastic!! I really, really cut my teeth on that. I learnt so much about breaking the mould, being […]
