[…]ith basil? Right again? And never worked with basil, right? No, but we had film shows at the Colonial Film Unit who were in the same house as we were Powell. Signed theta at 21 Soho square. They had Friday night, I believe it was film shows of features or documentaries, and we met Humphrey Jennings […]
[…] really was. But anyhow... Roy Fowler: Do you remember Mickey Powell from the studio? E.M. Smedley-Aston: Yes, vaguely, yes. I […]
[…]sp;PW: Welsh. Firmly Welsh. And don’t disturb me during the Wales-England matches – ever! 04’39”MS: I see, right, well that’s telling us. Of the awards that you’ve received, which are the ones that stick in your mind? […]
[…]n, yeah. TD: One of the reviews of the series, the Thames series Palestine, by Brian Winston spoke about in The Listener spoke about the Academy Award winning film research, so that went straight onto my CV [Murray laughs] and I thanked him. Every time I see Brian Winston I thank him again for […]
[…]e nicest and most consistent and the most efficient assistant that I came across, he really was. But anyhow...Roy Fowler: Do you remember Mickey Powell from the studio?E.M. Smedley-Aston: Yes, vaguely, yes. I think he made one or two at Welwyn. For some reason I can't quite see it. These a[…]
[…]r about twenty five pounds and I had an arrow flex and I went off with my assistant and we made this little Welsh mining village film which won a few awards and was quite popular on the arthouse circuit.SPEAKER: M1I won the John Grierson the world that year a member of with that and it won the Best […]
powell Copyright is vested in the BECTU History Project. The subject is Wendy Toye, interviewed by Linda Wood, 20 May 1991, recordist Dave Robson. File 197SIDE 1, TAPE 1LW: Can you say when and where you were born?WT: I was born in 1917, in London, May 1st.LW: Where about in London?[…]
[…]. The extraordinary thing is and I would have tocheck the facts on this, I think it was the first time that any British film had beennominated for an award by the Academy, and I got the award for art direction that year. Ididn't get the actual Oscar, I got the nomination, not the award. I think it w[…]
