[…]nbsp;John I. John was it British Transport films. I think John was an assistant editor. I remember John as an assistant editor. Remember John used to sit on the[…]
[…]alled Robin Stringer, who was then the media correspondent for The Standard. And then there was a guy with him, Brian Attwood, who ended up being the editor of The Stage. And I said to them, “This is going to be the biggest thing that hit the West End. My members are rattling their cages. Can't wait[…]
[…]er: Ah hmm.Eddie Dryhurst: It was undoubtedly where Frank Capra got his start.Roy Fowler: Yes. What were you doing there?Eddie Dryhurst: I was a film editor then, or a cutter as they used to call us.Roy Fowler: Had you picked that up? I mean as a craft, you'd acquired that?Eddie Dryhurst: Well don't[…]
[…]quite rightly.Yes. It would have been inconceivable a quarter of a century ago, a woman lighting cameraman, exactly, my example, yes.That would be... editors, yes, I mean there was the odd, one or two editors then and certainly assistant editors. Some in the art department. I don’t know if there wer[…]
[…]they differ from present day techniques.WR: Yes. I will come to that when I started dubbing, I think.[30.00mins] There was a tradition at Ealing that editors never seemed to be ready with the stuff to dub until after supper. With this going on, I never quite understood the system; and they had an Am[…]
[…] Do I mean her? Launder and Gilliat had a woman editor. Thelma Myers, I thought it was. There was Dora […]
[…]p;going to of course was in charge of all our animation work. He'd been an editor in the film unit and resolve principal editor and dangerous Scottish when the&[…]
[…]f selecting people to work in film libraries is usually taking the failed film technicians. If you weren’t a very good cameraman or a very good editor they thought ‘Oh put them in the library, they can’t do much harm there.’ So, it was a rather strange kind of environment to walk into.&n[…]
[…] recording.Tape 1 Side A.The copyright of this recording is vested in The BECTU History Project. Vivienne Collins, nee Knight, film librarian, film creditor, documentaries, interviewer John Legard with Alan Lawson, recorded on the 30th of January 1997. Side One.AL: We’re away. Right running.Fir[…]
[…]o at all until I saw a photograph of him in the paper and of course I knew immediately that was one and the same chap you, know. Because he became an editor first of all didn't he?John Taylor: Yes.Charles Wilder: Yeah.John Taylor: But what about the other people there who you were friendly with?Char[…]