[…]s just before the war, Sam Smith of British Lion who had been my father’s partner in better times gave him a job at Beaconsfield Studios as assistant editor on two films. One was called The Chinese Bungalow and the other was Sandy Powell in a comedy called All at Sea and my Dad was the assistant edi[…]
[…]ningham, the production manager at London Film Studios, who interviewed me and said, yes, they might be prepared to take me on as a trainee assistant editor at a salary of two pounds 10 a week, which was absolutely riches beyond me, very good in those days. Needless to say, the film never came off o[…]
[…]. And the film that I worked on with Leslie house called Pimpernel Smith. I can't remember the electoral dated 4240s Yes, or something like that. The editor was Douglas Meyers, who was the husband of Thelma Meyers. It was directed by, just me look at my notes here. ITeddy Darvis 29:38 &n[…]
[…]========================= SPEAKER: M1The copyright of this recording is vested in the back to history project. The subject is Bernie global film editor in features documentaries commercials and television. Interviewed by John Legend. The date is 14th of October 1995.SPEAKER: F3This is side 1 an[…]
[…] at the service. Roy Fowler: And Frank was a story editor was he not there? E.M. Smedley-Aston: No, he certainly […]
[…]ns, right Enid campman, Frank Cadman, ring a bell, yeah,Roy Fowler 4:05 before my time, yes.Unknown Speaker 4:10 Enid was the editor.Roy Fowler 4:14 And this is now all in film house, top floor film house. Yes. Was there a studio in the basements.Speaker 2 4[…]
[…] trainee or assistant? Rodney Giesler: I think I was assistant editor. I remember the first job I did was logging […]
[…]as Kitty Marshall's assistant.John Legard: As a trainee, what was your grade? Were you a trainee or assistant?Rodney Giesler: I think I was assistant editor. I remember the first job I did was logging rushes, which was terribly tedious. It was all 35mm black and white which was reduced to 16mm for r[…]
[…]y would Tony had a very sad demise. That's, that's for sure. alcohol based of course, and. And then she her son was guy called Jim Jim Clark, not the editor, Jim Clark. So he used to write scripts, but and then there was Bill. So we knew them well, too. But they were all involved in always, we're al[…]
[…]brought up in Hornsea but her sister was Frank Launder's first wife. So that's really why I was at the service.Roy Fowler: And Frank was a story editor was he not there?E.M. Smedley-Aston: No, he certainly was not. No, Frank was then a very junior writer, or fairly junior writer. In Roy Bo[…]
