[…]; Cleopatra.  I won’t say that Gabby Pascal and I got to be great buddies but again he was always very indulgent and so I was often down at Denham seeing this monstrosity being shot.  And there is a kind of pay off subsequently with Gabby who was a total charlatan and probably th[…]
[…]orked in cinemas for 8 years (moving to Lido, Golders Green); he put his name on the books to be transferred to the production side; he then moved to Denham.00:06:10 – 00:13:47 As a projectionist, programmes would run Monday to Saturday and then an old film would play on Sunday; the Sunday prints we[…]
[…]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[…]
[…]Shurey who ran Britannia Pictures, Carry On shot in Cornwall; he worked all throughout this period until the depression; later he worked with Rank at Denham [tape ends mid-sentence]Side 200:00:00 – 00:10:33 Rank made religious films and bought the Gaumont circuit to show them; DD spent time in a Rus[…]
