[…]'s still the 15th June, 1988. We're still at Glebelands and we're about to talk to Ella Mallett, who has a long and distinguished connection with our film industry. I trust this isn't too un-gentlemanly to ask you, but may I ask when and where you were born?Ella Mallett : I was born in London - Engl[…]
[…] already had some photographic experience?Eric Cross: Oh yes.Arthur Graham: What kind of reaction did you get from your parents on you going into the film industry?Eric Cross: They didn't worry about it at all. My father by that time was in Canada anyway, so it was only my mother that was interested[…]
[…]or 90 seconds. He has no important role and should be well left out. And in fact, usually is left out if you're doing it commercially. You they did a film 40 years ago, and they where they got Danny Kaye to do that, and now this person wants Paul McCartney. I couldn't do that, although that's the wa[…]
[…] they'd teach you what they could as regards making a film up and joining the two reels together, and making […]
[…] they'd teach you what they could as regards making a film up and joining the two reels together, and making […]
[…]nds a week. And for about two or three weeks, or a month, they would take this money off you and they'd teach you what they could as regards making a film up and joining the two reels together, and making joins. Because you didn't have the automatic joins in those days, everything had to be done wit[…]
[…]de there.Was there?Y es.Ah, well my memory’s doing alright in that case. And he was tremendous friends with, with Hepworth and he made a whole lot of films over here. Mm, I don’t know how many but of course, they were short films in those days little, little tiny ones, you know. But he had an actor […]
