[…]s not a problem. I was actually on the road during the birth of CinemaScope, which was interesting because you'll probably remember that 20th Century Fox broke away from their tied supply arrangement with what was then, and still is, the Rank Organisation and Odeon, and set up their own chain of cus[…]
[…]35, at which point Alex sacked us all - or at least all the lower grades - because they were moving to Denham. So, October 1935 I got myself a job at Fox-British, again in the publicity department, with a very very clever young man called Geoff Davis who did the most wonderful cartoons. And our chie[…]
[…] like that. And he was under contract to 20th Century Fox, and they said... they loved him. And he decided […]
[…] didn't want to put it in.Roy Fowler 26:24 Why her shoes? No shareholders, Yes, Lord,Speaker 1 26:27 he was 45% 20th century. Fox was 55 but Fox was very good. And I'll tell you this much, if I had to work those last 50 years for Fox, I wouldn't be sitting here. Obviously I h[…]
[…]k. I went back to them in the May of 39 at two pounds 10 per week, and stayed there as secretary to the publicity director for three years and again, Fox British lives, but they did get me across to Pinewood to work with Hugh Alexander, who would publicity for 20th Century Fox, I enjoyed that enormo[…]
[…]age. And they'd say, John you really ought to do it for posterity. Bill MacQuitty did oh, several ... Percy Percy, 20th Century Fox, Percy Livingston did. Jonathan Balcon 27:54 Oh, yes, yeah. Roy Fowler 27:57 So […]
[…]sp;better in that I struck up then a kind of a team job with the poor Fox was in London and he was the script writer for television newsroom. One of&n[…]
[…] business for aSpeaker 1 46:41 long time. By that time, Roy, you see, I had, I, I left at the end of 46 or beginning of 47 to join Sidney Fox. So I didn't, but yes, the other two names was Peter Brook, and we're going toRoy Fowler 47:03 have to stop getting out at.Roy Fowler […]
[…] such a very low number which is 708. This is still 1934 or it might be the beginning of 1939. Suddenly I get a call, would I like to go and work for Fox Films at Wembley for Reggie Beck, Reggie Beck wanted a junior, second assistant. Fine. That was marvellous, one of my happiest times.Roy Fowler:&n[…]
[…] so, excellent. Continue good work." Errm...Paul er...Paul er... Alan Lawson: Fox? Cyril Page: Paul Fox. He used to do all […]
