[…]rprised] Were they? You mean Fox-British probably had 100 to 200?Sidney Cole: That's right, yes and Arthur Graham got number 1 because he was down at Elstree and he had 1-100 or something, so naturally he took 1 for himself. [Laughter]Kay Mander: The first - I don't remember what sort of meetings I […]
[…] No, no, the Crown Unit Film Unit.Sidney Cole: No I don't think it was the Crown Film Unit - they made these things, but I think there was a place at Elstree called 'The Thatched Barn' where they did all that camouflage.Tom Peacock: Yes you're right, you're right.Sidney Cole: And also, the other thi[…]
[…], it's hardly the same place anymore. But anyway, so I stayed with Mayflower. We did French festival of Rawls, and then went on to St Martin, also at Elstree. And then after that, they got Hitchcock for Jamaica in which introduced a new lady morning, oh, Hara, where they brought over. So that really[…]
[…]ntralto, so we had show-business connections and it continued on.Arthur Graham: Where did you get your first job?Alan Lawson: I tried for a job up at Elstree. I was sent to see Walter Mycroft and he said when you've got a year's experience and we'll give you a job, which was the usual thing and stil[…]
[…]f your life in a cutting room you might as well have it comfortable and have a big room. In fact it was Jack Harris, when Ealing move to MGM Studios, Elstree, Jack Harris designed a block of cutting rooms and they were quite the best, they're not there now.Roy Fowler: Curious about that first d[…]
[…]ewbrook, Angela Martelli worked with FY in the army; filming in the silent days wasn’t very easy.00:07:20 – 00:20:50 White Cargo first talkie made at Elstree – made by two brothers who owned Pritchard’s Restaurant; FY hadn’t been a cameraman for long and was asked to the close-ups and medium shots f[…]
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