This recording was transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, University of Leeds) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-Investigator, De Montfort University). (2015).BECTU History ProjectInterview n[…]
[…]oming involved with surrealist artists. He became a founding member of the surrealist movement in England, and was on the Organising Committee of the International surrealist exhibition, held in London in 1936. This was at Burlington house, where he exhibited along with Dali and Picasso to men[…]
[…]u eventually became a very well-known producer. No I've enjoyed it absolutely. I think it's anybody in movies. I was a member Scotty Elliot Scott the golden production designer all Spielberg's pictures now. Who said to me you know I don't understand why you're not queuing up at the gates. We're all […]
[…]the other one was called The Secret Ceremony I think it was called, yeah.Bob Allen: Ah yes.Fred Tomlin: Two pictures with Elizabeth Taylor.Bob Allen: 1968.Fred Tomlin: Oh well that's the date then, isn't it?Bob Allen: Yes.Fred Tomlin: Yes, that's right.Bob Allen: And the other one, the Rome one was […]
[…]nd that sort of thing. And his wife came over, who was Martha Hyer - she was an actress...John Taylor: Yeah, hmm.Charles Wilder: And he was quite pleasant in the end, in fact we had a big party at the end of Becket. Liz Taylor was, shall we say, 'courting' Burton at that time and they put on a show […]
[…]stmaster General's First Class Certificate of Proficiency in Radio, Wireless Telegraphy. And I passed see, so I then immediately wrote to the Marconi International Marine Communication Company who provided the operators or most of them for ships. And soon was offered a position on a ship which was g[…]
[…]it's quite clear that my job now since I've ceased to be an actor, is to preach sermons, to millions of people. That's that's what I do. I am even an international preacher of sermons. Radical sermons. redressing balances, trying desperately to persuade people to think other than the boring, lying, […]
RF: You came into the industry through Walter Mycroft, going to BIP in 1928? SG: I actually came up with him in his little car on New Year's Day, 1928. It was his first day and my first day. RF: The story about him was that he was a fairly astringent crit[…]
Margaret Thompson 0:11 The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT history project we're interviewing Francis Cockburn I spell the name C O C K B U R N, who started life in the film industry as an editor became a producer and finally information officer interviewer is Margaret […]
