[…]as very open and pragmatic. And one would certainly admit, as one does now that there are films,which are a writer's films, there are films which are designer's films, there are films that are a co-operative work. In other words every film really has to be considered on its own merits and according […]
[…], yes. Of course, Grierson was particularly austere, puritanical about credits, wasn't he? I always had a theory that he was. He never really sort of designated the different crafts to any particular name, he just gave a list and, er... I remember Charlotte Jennings was once...she appeared in a quiz[…]
[…]rtoon film and a version for cigarettes called called penguins. And I shared that thing for so many, many times. And their son, Tony, is now a scenic designer, set designer, trying to think the right word, set designer, I believe that's the right term. Not sure his name has been mentioned on quite a[…]
[…]the massive extent and the films produced from the three categories begin with information films about the beat commissions, undertakings. These were designed to be shown to the general public in cinema or by television or non theatrical clubs, designers and so on. They dealt with railways, road pas[…]
[…]y was all quite fortuitous the way that everything worked out because I had not the slightest idea what I wanted to do. My father had been a clothing designer, working successfully in America and also with a couple of important people in this country, and he naturally thought that his three sons wou[…]
[…]s used…. Reginald Beckwith again. I had a lot of the, Basil Dignam, I had a lot of the reps in there. ‘Bumble’ [Beatrice] Dawson that wonderful dress designer we have spoken of her, haven’t we? came to Beirut she did Françoise’s clothes. …It wasn’t an easy picture but it was fun.RF: Is it just retro[…]
[…] Centre certainly... anyway, I had to dupe material from hisfilm in order to [laughter] make this other film. It was the pet of an engineer who’ddesigned the pipeline or something of that sort. Anyway. Now what happened after that? Well then Geoff of course, being in the Coal Board, heard about[…]
[…] with his wife to be, Hope, who was a costume designer. And well, the only thing was the French, who […]
