[…]he time, something like £100,000, this was about 1980 to restore Technicolor films, British Technicolor films, particularly, and of course that meant Powell & Pressburger mainly and the first one we did was The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and we took on old laboratory technicians […]
[…]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[…]
[…]rs who have since became famous that it is famous. Everyone hates me. I'm very famous your famous comedian who is a deregulator today. They've got an award named after him now a drama director. Oh Desmond Davis. No no he's one I know. I wonder. I'm trying to. A younger one who I think he died quite […]
[…]the war it rather disintegrated I would say, there was the people who were working for Rank who then went to Korda. It was the era of Lean, Reed, and Powell and Pressburger. And then later Ealing which we were benevolent towards. But the British cinema at that time was very over praised in our opini[…]
[…]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 […]
[…]lywood Oscar in 1939 for the sound recording on Goodbye Mr Chips which starred Robert Donat and I think it was the first British film to achieve this award.Peter Musgrave: Western Electric came from America. Where did Visatone come from?John Aldred: Visatone was manufactured in England by Marconi to[…]
[…]lm business, in the camera department. In other words, I I started as I never worked in the in features, as a clapper loser. I went straight to focus Powell, because at that age, I thought it was fair enough. And as a freelance I managed to work with the cameraman down have been talking about people[…]
[…]bsp;wholater went to Technicolor and Arthur Lawson who later got anOscar with Mickey Powell. Arthur was with Relph for yearsand years. Michael wasmy associate really. For the&[…]
