[…]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 […]
[…]feature and an hour’s Variety, good Variety. Poor old Semprini he died recently, I accompanied him, and some lovely singers, all the big noises - Vic Oliver. The old girls used to grumble, they used to think, 4 hours I got stay that long, and they paid ninepence for that.SC: Talking of money, can yo[…]
