Alan Lawson:00.00The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project, Karel Reisz, film director.Interviewer Norman Swallow, recorded 17 April 1991 SIDE 1, Norman Swallow:0.23 Where and […]
[…] you are? I’m Moira Armstrong, yes and I’m a television director in... And you were born? In Creiff in Scotland […]
[…]iginal cassette recording.Tape 1 Side A.[Irrelevant preliminaries]So can you please tell me who you are?I’m Moira Armstrong, yes and I’m a television director in...And you were born?In Creiff in Scotland in 1930.Right, thank you. And were your family anything to do with the business?Absolutely nothi[…]
[…] Victory. But Dustbins yes, we made, and I can't remember... Yes, that was still with John Taylor because I remember the voices on that. One of their directors, Max Anson, did the voice for something or other.Kay Mander: And Train Trouble, would that have been...?Joy Batchelor: Oh that was before...[…]
[…]I said before said there were no people around then and to have a train to day dubbing mixer. We were a rare beast you could find plenty of assistant directors running around the floor getting the team. So so he said to me Well why don't you want your loved punch get back into production. So I thoug[…]
[…]aughs]. But anyway, and then I worked at Realist for quite some time.Stephen Peet: Now one of the things that you're credited with is being Assistant Director with John Taylor on The Londoners.Philip Leacock: Oh it was a very exciting project.Stephen Peet: What film was that?Philip Leacock: It was m[…]
[…]what was happening and how much money you got.Roy Fowler 31:39 What was your exact position linked to it at this stage, were you managing director, GeneralSpeaker 1 31:44 Manager, General Manager. We didn't have a managing director. I was general manager, and I was also a dir[…]
[…] stuff from studios and playing stuff out. Recording Late Call's. When they were doing Late Call's, which was the late-night religious broadcast, the Directors want to get through them as quickly as possible so, basically, the recording machine never stopped. They were running to the clock! The pers[…]
[…] Mac in the family – he was never an uncle but in those days you called everybody uncle. He turned out to be David MacDonald who was a reputable film director in those days. I went down to Lime Grove studios with my dad and sat on the set. In his chair. And started work next Monday. In the scenic ar[…]