[…], that's about all, and I felt that the second year was almost a waste of time. The only thing is that Bernstein at the end of it said, "If you go to Gaumont British you'll get a job, I'll give you a job there." Lime Grove you see. So [chuckles] I went to Gaumont British, Lime Grove, and I was the f[…]
[…]gs- Crazy Gang - and Inspector Hornleigh which was ‘41. My, I really moved to the Bush in 38 I think.RF: Do you know what the reason for that was.VG: Gaumont, or the Bush, had not been making money, Gainsborough was the one which was. Mick Baleen left and that left a big enormous place almost empty […]
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[…]ph Bond: Well it would be useful.Alf Tunwell: Well there was er, British Movietone News, there was Pathe Gazette, there was Universal News, there was Gaumont News, there was Paramount News and Topical Budget were either just in or just out, I'm not quite sure. They were just going out, fading out, o[…]
[…]o his job." And I thought "Good man."John Legard: That was great.Rodney Giesler: And of course Derek Mayne who was a much quieter guy. He was ex-GBI (Gaumont British Instructional). Quiet. Short. Unobtrusive. Left all the creative decisions to Jack and me. And kept at bay because we still had a migh[…]
[…]ound department at its inception, so I ran the British Instructional Films at Welwyn. And after I think about two years with them, the Sound Chief of Gaumont, George Gunn, he asked me if I would care to make a change. Well owing to travel difficulties I was rather tired of going to Welwyn Garden Cit[…]
[…]ere for the stills from 'The Sport of Kings' and all that sort of thing. Well, then it amalgamated with WNF, then there was another amalgamation with Gaumont. I survived all those, and finished up in Film House with Gaumont on the fifth floor, but publicity wasn't my forte at all actually. I used to[…]
[…]bsp; 24:35  That's when he is still independent and it's Gainsborough.  Jill Balcon  24:40  I think it's Gaumont British by then. Roy Fowler  24:41   Well 31 I'm not sure I'm not sure. I thought Gaumont British was a little l[…]
[…]go for Western." So the Western Electric...Bob Allen: Can I just interrupt there, just to clear up a little point for people listening - this was the Gaumont-British, or British Acoustics, rather...Mickey Hickey: The British Acoustics, yeah.Bob Allen: The British Acoustics system, which actually was[…]
