[…] in his directorial debut, The Medium (1934), written by Michael Powell. He directed several short films in the 1930s and […]
Interviewed by Andrew Dawson, University of Greenwich, 24 August 2010 Roy, before we actually get started on the interview can you give me your date of birth please? It was the tenth of March 1927. Okay. You’re one of the founders of The ACT BECTU History Proje[…]
[…] and a sandwich. A lot of films - I remember - quite a well-known picture - '77 Park Lane' was made there. A host of stuff. That's where I met Mickey Powell you see. Because he was editor I think, to start with, and then he 'shacked up' with a man called Jerry Jackson who had some American connectio[…]
[…]Hall. We did one pretty horrible film, but a lot of films were pretty horrible in those days, and then I was lucky enough to get tied up with Michael Powell. And Mickey and I became great friends, because Mickey is a terrible bully and he loves it if people shout back at him. And we used to have ter[…]
[…]Paddy Carey 32:27 Laura Lee, really lovely. commentary on any film I've ever had, I thinkJohn Taylor 32:34 it got 10 numerous awards, didn't it? Yes, it did. I can't remember which Oscars got the ticket and American or Oscar.Paddy Carey 32:43 It was nominated for […]
[…], John Shearman got crack in made some more films, and we made the tour all over again in 3738 and in 3839Speaker 3 30:36 but near enough Powell was that it was the introduction the two cinema coaches, additional cinema coaches, especially unlike mine, in which instructional films were s[…]