[…]ng in a film, it was no great acting part, I can assure you, but they wanted somebody who could talk Russian in 'A Matter of Life and Death' - Mickey Powell. And somebody said, "Oh I know, he can." Well I couldn't talk Russian at all, but I had a friend who could talk Russian who was also in it, so […]
[…]mm, at an early age. I don’t know that I’d everclarified it into anything concrete. Certainly my thinking was sort of academic at a very early age. Unfortunately he died when I was eleven.Oh.[Pause]HARRY COURCHA 1And what was your first job?Mm, well, [Pause] on the report from school at fourteen it […]
[…]ties of which there were a lot in those days. And aiming at the top I thought which was the best one, and the one which seemed to be winning a lot of awards and had a lot of money which meant they had a little studio and all the equipment and even a theatre with seats was the Bronsbury Cine Society.[…]
[…]attes were very successful but the film wasn’t; as an operator SS worked with David Lean in Spain for a brief period; SS enjoyed working with Michael Powell on Black Narcissus and they later became friends; SS summarises his career and satisfaction with his work.[END]
[…] television business. Show business goes on. Television has to change its schedules when something happens.Well in 1963, I was very pleased to get an award. It’s now called BAFTA, but in those days it was called SAFTA.NS: The Guild of television Producers and Directors. This became the Society and F[…]
