[…] a children's film. Oh I've missed out all the children's films which we made, for the Children's Film Foundation. We made a lot which won one or two awards, Venice and for children's films. Do you remember Mary Field, she was the head of the Children's Film Foundation and she was a wonderful person[…]
[…]elands on 22rd August 1988, interviewer Sidney Cole [with Roy Fowler] SIDE 1, TAPE 1Sid Cole: Could we talk about you, you've been at Glebelands for 11 years.Betty Bachelor: Yes, I had 3 years in a cottage and I've been up here 10 years last August, August 16th.Sid Cole: When were you born and […]
[…]ey Cole: Jack, you spent your life in cinema distribution - how did you get into that originally?Jack Rockett: I saw an advert in the Daily Telegraph for office boy wanted.Sidney Cole: How old were you then?Jack Rockett: Fifteen.Sidney Cole: What had you done - what sort of schooling had you had up […]
[…]DB. But only for that reason? Or did you feel just at home with the camera?PS. Oh yes. I always, you know , liked the camera.DB. Did you know Michael Powell?PS. I think I met him, but I met so many people, and famous people, it's difficult to remember them all.DB. Who made the most impression on you[…]
[…]iendly, but like everything else, when you hold a position in a trade union, some people like you and some people don't. But I liked the man and therefore I've got some nice memories of the man you know, because to me, he was for the working class people, of which I am a member, of that working clas[…]
[…]st: J. Stuart Blackton, Commodore Blackton he liked to be called.Roy Fowler: Yes?Eddie Dryhurst: [Chuckles] I wonder why?Roy Fowler: Which was a self-awarded title was it, or rank?Eddie Dryhurst: I don't know, I know he liked to be called Commodore.Roy Fowler: Sounds like a Southern Colonelcy doesn'[…]
[…]as long since deceased which is another story altogether.Roy Fowler: Just to touch on that was he an aviation pioneer?Reg Sutton: Yes, he had several awards and he had half a sheet on the front of the Times on the day he was killed. He entered a race on the lake at Toronto, what's the name of the la[…]
[…]remember about him is that he was very keen on music andhe plastered Twice Upon a Time with the music of Brahms.Wyn Ryder: Did Michael Powell have anything to do with it?Reggie Beck: Nothing at all.Wyn Ryder: Then you did two for Herbert Wilcox.Reggie Beck: I did many f[…]
