James (Jimmy) Gilbert

[…] you miss being in production yourself directing or were you rather tired of it after all those years.Jimmy Gilbert: No I had been asked to become an executive but I'd always turned it down. I sometimes used to think I might accept it for the wrong reason just because I was getting tired or got a bi[…]

Edward Dryhurst

[…]ie Dryhurst  Tape 1, Side 1Roy Fowler: This recording is copyright by the ACTT History Project. It's recorded on the 26th April 1988 in the executive room of ACTT at 111, Wardour Street. The subject is Edward Dryhurst, interviewed by Roy Fowler. Eddie is a producer, writer, director, going[…]

sidney-cole-transcript-1987

[…] position? Sid Cole: I suppose it was being on the executive committee which preceded the general council But: fairly early […]

Teddy Darvas

[…]vely. The other story Lew Thornburn told was the premiere and I think it was at the Leicester Square Theatre, and they had all seen the film. Lew was assistant accountant earning about fifty bob a week or something like that. There was a camera assistant who may also have been Hungarian, I don't kno[…]

Gordon McCallum

[…]ed...Gordon McCallum : ...more involved. And so I was put up for General Council eventually you see. And I was on General Council for a few years and Executive Council and sub committees and things. And I was involved in negotiations for the 1947 agreement, which was the first post-war - the main ag[…]

Sidney Cole

[…]otally refuse to meet us, particularly in view of Norton's attitude.AL: What was your first official union position?SC: I suppose it was being on the executive csmittee which exceeded the general council. But fairly early on I became one of several vice-presidents – didn't we have 2 vice-presidents […]

Dallas Bower

[…]  23:17  Now what actually what was your actual job?Dallas Bower  23:21  Well, it was the equivalent you see of an executive producer really and what we were doing was to very carefully vet all scripts naturally. We were put to work by the industry not all that man[…]
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