[…]reakthrough for sound, and this would be about 1927-ish. And he built the Rialto up in Norwood, the Albany which was virtually next door, the State Sydenham and State Thornton Heath. And my father was in charge of equipment, putting equipment in, engaging the staff, usual Chief Engineer stuff. This […]
[…]bly had some kind of executive position within MGM?Joan Kemp-Welch: Yes this is what I mean, he had, yes, he had.Roy Fowler: The studio was Denham, which - maybe he was working for other studios?Joan Kemp-Welch: Yes, that's right. Because of course, in those days, everything was done […]
[…]we? Moving... we're at the Battle of Britain, or after that... and you're moving from Blackheath and you're coming along to the next studio. Was that Denham? Or did you go...?Pat Jackson: No, then we went to Denham, yes.John Legard: Then you went to Denham, yes.Pat Jackson: ...Went to Denham and the[…]
[…]’, I don’t think I do remember.Do you remember where it was made?Yes, I do remember it was made at Wharton Hall which of course no longer existsAfter Denham and Shepperton that must have been a bit of a comedown sort ofAh well yes Denham was the first one I actually saw but I never actually worked a[…]
[…]Fowler: I'm not too sure about that, I used to see him as a visitor on a couple of films, I remember A Matter of Life and Death, it was being shot at Denham, I don't know if he was too extravagant on takes, he was very unpopular with the unit.Robert Beatty: I wonder if I was mixing him up with someb[…]
[…] Four Feathers' or something like that?PS. They didn't make them when I was working on films in this country. The only studio really was Pinewood, or Denham.DB. You didn't work at Denham? Because that was a big studio, wasn't it?PS. I used to go past there, every day, on the way to Beaconsfield Stud[…]
[…]m came along, operated the second unit.Arthur Graham: And you continued freelancing for how long?Eric Cross: Years, I can't remember, until I went to Denham.Arthur Graham: Which was when?Eric Cross: The beginning of the war I suppose.Arthur Graham: How did the war affect you. What kind of influence […]
