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[…]orman Swallow: In CelebrationLindsay Anderson: In Celebration, we had been offered, I will admit, to make a film of by Bryan Forbes when he took over Elstree. But in fact David, neither David nor I really wanted to do it. I knew that David, he wasn't going to write it as a film. And the trouble is, […]

[…]we just, we had a lot of trouble, you know, as acouple, for a while, but particularly in the sort of Ealing – not Ealing – in the Elstree kind of area where Peter’s parents lived and it was always a very strained business.People disapproved of a white man and a brown woman?A[…]

[…] old Ben Goetz.John Legard: Ben Goetz?Pat Jackson: Yes, who was, you know, a nice old bubbling old chap really, a sort of garage attendant, really at Elstree you see, and they were doing nothing. So he said, "Well it would be a good thing for you to go to Hollywood, go to Culver City and see how you[…]

[…]hey were going to take on other production staff. There was another third assistant director required and it was going to be over the Gate Studios at Elstree, Borehamwood, also called Whitehall Studios but unfortunately that fell through because of the fire at B and D,  B and D moved out o[…]

[…]ou might call an interest in films, but the others really knew nothing. The man appointed to the head of Elstree, full name John Heppleby Thorpe was a salesman, a distributor. He knew nothing whatsoever about making films. An[…]

[…]s very sweet understanding person. very calm  Yes. Nope, never know. And then I think that the I suppose Watty  he in then He was he was at Elstree MGM was was a great personal friend, A W  Watkins. And he was yes. And he was a very, very good influence. And then I think when I went t[…]

[…]ect. Leslie Norman, film director, film editor, associate producer, and producer, interviewer Sid Cole  recorded on the 22nd of January 1990.The Elstree Studios side one I suppose going well knows it's great to see you at his studio. Both had a lot of experience totally starting right from the […]