[…]sp;                        at Denham studios, because Pinewood Studio, having opened in 1936 closed in 38, not because of  the war, so many people say that,&nbs[…]
[…]n and the building industry. And I had a friend that had been at the technical school with me. He was now a charge hand for mentors that was building Denham studios. FG, Minter and I came down to join him. And of course, when I go into film, doesn't it? There was no more thought of South Africa beca[…]
[…]irls and editors. And of course, very early on my hero became David Lean, because at that time he was doing Great Expectations. I’d been, I’d been to Denham a couple of visits, I’d got taken round the studios, and I had visited Brief Encounter and, Caesar and Cleopatra, the one with Claude Rains, an[…]
[…]called 'quickies'.Sidney Cole: Ah yes, yes. They were the 'quota quickies', yes.Carmen Dillon: Yes that's right. And then from that I was promoted to Denham.Sidney Cole: Ah-huh.Carmen Dillon: And then I worked in Denham for about fifteen or sixteen years, and then that folded up and we all went over[…]
[…]ts of you felt earth like a stone and things like that and they may have decided it was impractical for the unit to continue there so it was moved to Denham and we were assigned a cutting room there and had screening facilities within Denham labs cutting rooms in the stables it was a very disorganis[…]
[…]d lived in London 'cause my father went to the Ministry of Education as a Medical Officer. I was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School, in Aldenham, after which I went to the Architectural Association, where I did a 5-year course in architecture and in 1928 I became an associate of the Roya[…]
[…] this, made and appointment and went up there. Well I met there , a t this interview Gary Schwartz. Well Gary Schwartz was building the laboratory at Denham for Korda, it all belonged to Korda anyway, the Prudential were putting up the money, he was in charge of building the lab at Denham. There is […]