[…] of reasons. One was that he was obviously someone prepared to learn in all sorts of ways from experience. I didn't know him when he was in charge at Gaumont in the days of Victor Saville and Alfred Hitchcock at the Lush but I have a feeling that the influence of people like Ivor Who worked for him […]
[…] or um... Si dney Cole: Yes - no, he was Gaumont British. Bernard Vorhaus: Gaumont British that's right. And er […]
[…]s the De Forest patent, the AEO-light, which Movietone had acquired and it made sound newsreels possible. And when other newsreels started up such as Gaumont, Paramount, Pathe, they had much more clumsy equipment. Pathe had Visatone recording on a separate recorder instead of in the camera. The reco[…]
[…] newsreels possible. And when other newsreels started up such as Gaumont, Paramount, Pathe, they had much more clumsy equipment. Pathe […]
[…] I didn't know him when he was in charge at Gaumont in the days of Victor Saville and Alfred Hitchcock […]
[…]ersity Film Unit also had meetings where they would get hold of people to talk to us. And I got hold of Hugh Gray, who was the research at Gaumont British at Shepherds Bush. And it was through him that I was able to do anything at all on films because there's no training, no wa[…]
[…]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[…]
