[…]en't proved yourself as a producer, goodbye. I was very hurt at the time until such time I was invited to join when I accepted.SC : Who was that .GC: George Elvin. I have a letter from George Elvin still in my files saying you can lay your ticket on the table because being here it didn't make any se[…]
[…]l. I was shop steward for a time, we used to swop around being shop steward and at one point we used to have an annual lunch at Simpsons where we had George and Bessie Bond and the unit manager Charles Sylvester and we would talk of any problems we had. We had things like the flying film where we we[…]
[…]d on were produced byAnthony Havelock-Allan, one of them was photographed by Ronnie Neame,one or two were directed by David MacDonald and one even by GeorgePearson the old silent film director. They did have a lot going for them.AG: These were referred to I believe as “pound a footers”.DB: Yes “poun[…]
[…] was a nice one to do. !I: Very bittersweet story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!27!Beryl!Bainbridge!(1932G2010)!was!a!British!writer;!her!novels!included!The$Bottle$Factory$Outing!(1974)!and!Master$ George!(1998).!28!Jenny!Agutter!(1952G)!is!a!British!actress,!!who!first!came!to!prominence!as!a!child!in!The$Railway$Children!book!and!film!adaptations.!She!then!!went!on!to!star!in!adult!roles!and!won!an!Emmy!for!The$Snow$Goose!in!1971!and!a!BAFTA!in!1977!for!Equus.$$29!Sam!Waterson!(1940G)!is!an!American!actor,!!known!for!films!including!The$Killing$Fields!(1984)!for!which!he!was!nominated!for!an!Academy!Award,!a!BAFTA!and!a!Golden!Globe! ED: Yes, but I love Beryl Bainbridge, I think […]
[…] years. And the first music session here I recollect was George Melachrino and he was very kind about the quality […]
[…] oldest of British talking films, interviews with famous people like George Bernard Shaw, coverage of events like a big fire […]
[…]ly don’t want to say anything against Alan. Mm, he, I don’t think he was the greatest General Secretary of a union. I mean he was a poor imitation of George Elvin for example. Mm, but Alan was very amiable and, mm... You think he made a positive contribution towards the history project?&n[…]
