L P (Bill) Williams

[…]L.P. Williams : Well they didn't know what to do you see but what happened was that they were, they converted the stages at British International, at Elstree, and built about three new stages I think, three or four. And it was...well actually they were doing about eight, a block of uh...either six o[…]

Fred Tomlin

[…]members as projectionists throughout the country. It was easy enough to organise, if they could have got them, because there were two big groups. The Elstree group had a load of cinemas, was it? And the Rank group - I don't know what they were. So they, the NATKE, they wanted their members in to run[…]

Edward Dryhurst

[…] 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[…]

Fred Tomlin

[…] have got them, because there were two big groups. The Elstree group had a load of cinemas, was it? And […]

Donald Wilson

[…]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[…]

Elizabeth Furse (née Wolpert)

[…] 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[…]

Leonard (Len) Harris

[…]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[…]
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