[…]And it has a sequel later on, which we'll be talking about. But, during that period, there was the big strike which brought out all the theatres, the Gaumonts, the Granadas, everything. All shut down because projectionists were pulled out on strike by the ETU, which was the organiser for projectioni[…]
[…] What were the cinemas like, and how much did you have to pay to get in?Dicky Leeman: Well I can remember, at a later period when I was an actor, the Gaumont-British up in Kilburn - because I lived in Golders Green - if it was a very wet day, I would go round the agents looking for a job, and then i[…]
[…]ollowing film, The Ghost Camera. I had seen some unusual cutting on a newsreel, was it either British Movietone or um...Sidney Cole: Yes - no, he was Gaumont British.Bernard Vorhaus: Gaumont British that's right. And er - I wanted to find out who was doing this. And it didn't worry me about giving a[…]
[…] 7:38 Now Oswell Blakeston, Harry Hasslacher in fact was his real name, he was a, he was the camera department of the of the original Gaumont set-up at Lime Grove. And he became first editor of "Close Up" and he was called Oswell because he'd invented the name. And he he told me[…]
