[…] Science, or a Doctor of Science, and generally a well-educated man. He was not a man of many words, he didn't talk much, however he was in charge at Elstree, they took over the studio from Neptune or the liquidators, whoever they were, and they ran it for some years, I can't remember exactly how ma[…]
[…]anuary for Proposition Robinson to give me an introduction so that I go see a film studio, which he did. And after the rally was over, I went down to Elstree and found this chap, Microsoft bought him aircraft, Giovanni. Linda Wood 3:20Yes, I know. All about him a little bit. Yes. Don[…]
[…] at all.Elizabeth Furse DRAFT Tape 1 Side A6So this was, what, you say 1934/35?No, no, no. It was ’34.Thirty-four?The beginning of ’34. Yes.Right. At Elstree, BIP Elstree, yes. Tell us about the people that you remember. Tell us about Anna Sten, because...?Anna was the Russian girl of all girls, you[…]
[…]and although you had to work day and night more-or-less, they kept you on in between production, whereas a lot of the other studios didn't you know - Elstree didn't. Nearly everybody went, some people were kept on but not many. And Gainsborough kept on their - all their, you might say their producti[…]
[…] set, and then the mirror would detect, you know, whatever you want to add to it was very clever, and I learned to see having worked with him with an Elstree there Were that time amongst very highly respected special effects people. I mean, different sort of special effects we get now, which is very[…]
[…]e. And that began my being terribly interested in editing.I worked on a few more pictures at Ealing and the went to British International Pictures at Elstree which is still there and still Very much as they were in those days. That happened out of the blue. One of the people I'd written to years bef[…]
[…]to frame.23.14 – 23.27] PM: I’m probably running out of context. DB: Yes. In the cv it says one or two jobs for MGM, about this time. Up at Elstree.PM: Yeah.DB: Or Borehamwood as we know it.PM: Yeah, again because of the making props and stuff like that I got a job with Alfred Junge, who w[…]
[…] wanted another chippy and things like that. And I lived in Eldon Avenue in those days, because although I was freelance, I...Rodney Giesler: This is Elstree?Dicky Leeman: Yes. I worked, seemed to get a run of good - a few films at Joe Rock's. And I can remember that they used to have a bus go once […]
[…] my notice, after the amalgamation of HMV and Columbia, somebody said ‘D P Field’s at a studio called British and Dominion Forms out at Boreham Wood, Elstree, go and see him. I think he might find you a job’. I went out there to see him. Now, most interesting, because D P Field was[…]
[…] John Morris was an editor and a fella called Bill Rowe was an editor. Now that is not Bill Rowe who (no, no)became er an eminent sound supervisor at Elstree. And the fellow in charge of the library’s name was John O’Kelly and he then went with the library when it moved to Rag Labs. And I think he’s[…]
