[…] heard that Technicolor was coming in to make Wings of the Morning but only one film but they were bringing practically everyone with them. I went to Denham with a 10t of cheek and no experience and asked to see a man named George Kay, head of the camera department in Hollywood, who set the thing up[…]
[…]"Tilly Day: ... "My Christ!"Sidney Cole: [laughs] You were telling us another story, too, about when they pulled your leg, Ithink it was at Denham, when you were waiting for the set to be lit?Tilly Day: Oh yes!Sidney Cole: Could you tell us about that?Tilly Day: We were all […]
[…]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 […]
[…]use all the boys had to leave. Then I went on to a prep school called Denham Lodge which was uh just on the border of oxygen Denham close to Arthur&nb[…]
[…] 2:03:14  because of the monopoly, the number of people who could represent Technicolor as against the number of people who could represent Denham. So if we wanted something, we got it. I mean, you went to an annual general meeting or a laboratory committee or whatever, moved second throug[…]
[…]me rifle range.I worked on a series of interesting films, perhaps the most outstanding was working with Leslie Howard on "Pimpernel Smith' in 1941 at Denham. Leslie Howard had a great sense of style. He was starring, producing and directing. He was a Very pleasant man to work with. He was also very […]
[…]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[…]
[…]South African he was, he was the other operator and Walker, Bob Walker.Alan Lawson: Yes.Leonard Harris: Bob Walker, and then Bob went to - he went to Denham I think, he went somewhere I know. And Gordon Lang who'd been focussing with the other chap I just mentioned, he took over, became the third op[…]
[…]3:25  yeah, but now going ahead again, having been lost out with the army, what did you do?Speaker 2  13:34  Well, as I say, I went to Denham and worked on a film calledSpeaker 2  13:46  her kind of famous film Bernie Knowles was the camera man directed it. Yes, he died a co[…]
[…]e to develop my negatives according to the Kodak principle, which was ten minutes, in my automatic machines at Shepherd's Bush, whereas Humphries and Denham was six minutes. That's why I got much better gradation and I've got a letter here which I can give you, or show you, from Bernard Knowles was […]
