[…]appy.I: Quite a glamorous filmJK: You came onto the set you could feel a sort of, they weren’t happy.I: It was quite a glamorous film though, lots of international namesJK: Yes, they got everybody into it. David Niven was in it because I seem to remember it was David Niven who was stroking my arm an[…]
[…]w them, and they thought I was ‘clean’, and er (laughing) respectful, and er…so I got the job as third assistant on ‘Room for Two’, which starred Vic Oliver, who was a music-hall comedian, and Francis Day, who was a cabaret lady really. It wasn’t much of a film, but it was based on a play, like a lo[…]
[…]ather was, as they always tell you, exceptionnel, you know, with gales and so on. And when we were to do the fabled beach scenes, you know, the golden days of the Divers, the wonderful south of France. Oh I don’t know, I looked out of my window at six o’clock in the morning thought ‘If we were[…]
[…]ose we would call it a BAFTA award today, but it was before BAFTAs.JH: Yes, it was for The Wrong Box. In those days, the award for costume, all their awards were very much for British films. Things made here, so you didn’t have the whole wide open market to contend with. So I got it for The Wrong Bo[…]
[…]gentleman, which was once ridiculous when needed. Stephen Peet  35:12  So you kind of slid into being a producer, it was the golden years of being able to do that. Wasn't that? Mike Fentiman  35:17  Unbelievable? Yes, absolutely. And a lot of people […]
[…]s quite near where I lived in rice. And they had this lovely, big house in Northwood with orchards in the garden and all that sort of stuff. Very pleasant place to work, but that was fine, but I wasn't interested in the work. You know, by this time I was doing gigs in the evenings. We used to do the[…]
