[…] alone before the war, but because of the women's intake from ex service, and as I had a Scottish Headmistress, she said I was far too individual for Edinburgh, because they had general classes of about 1000. You know, doing English or early stages, so she said I should get at St Andrews, which I di[…]
[…]me point round about nineteen fifty six. I could be wrong but around 56 in my former years as Federation of Film Society publicity chief I had met at Edinburgh. The director and producer of documentaries Basil Wright Basil Wright had taken a shine to me and we become quite friendly. And he'd always […]
[…]a leave I was sent to the War Office Selection board the first War Office Selection Board, which was the new method of choosing officers which was at Edinburgh. I was sent there as a potential officer but I was still 18 and we went through all these extraordinary experiences of initiative and fitnes[…]
[…]d a cinema release, didn't they, the shorts? On the big screen and they went down the Film Festival as well? R: They did. They were premiered at Edinburgh Film Festival and then they would be, they were all seen, they were all broadcast. One of the ones that, it makes me cry with happiness just[…]
[…]nd done that. Done that contract, make some money with it and do it properly. And spine Lynch's Association, they were lovely when we first did it in Edinburgh as a show per se. Blake supplied Taylor's port for the audience, the audience of the drink as they went in, so they're in a fairly warm mood[…]
[…] development of the company. And in fact, it led us to several interesting productions which concern the royal family. I did a film about the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, which Prince Philip was, of course invented and was closely involved with, and so I was able to work with Prince Philip on tha[…]
[…]as the reaction to it? Was it a successful feature film?Philip Leacock: It was, it got very nice reviews and they didn't have a prize at that time in Edinburgh but it was the featured production, being Scottish of course. And we had a screening up there for all the miners who'd worked at the mine wh[…]
[…]a well directed film. And it wasn't a successful film. It didn't make any money. It cost astronomical. It cost and I had no control over this because Edinburgh was making these deals with Universal Pictures. It cost I think, 24 and a half million dollars, an enormous sum of money for something that […]
