[…]u know, with the most extraordinary beasts patrolling, and promenading about. And this er - wildly futuristic concept of people moving all across the globe by aircraft. And, and Shell made a film which made passing references, not really more than passing, to the use of, of fuel and lubricants which[…]
[…]ry, the prestige documentary lasted in albeit in dwindling form. It it changed somewhat in its motives and methods throughout my career, at first the golden age of sponsored documentary, you could make almost anything and people would watch it and come and see it and even write about it in the press[…]
[…]ery, very delightful 18 months out in Singapore from September 59 through to march 61. Working with Julian Spyro, who made our magnum opus called the Golden Lands, which was a film that covered the parish of Southeast Asia as administered by Shell, which was Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Vi[…]
[…]nice.DS: That was the last children’s show as such for Rediffusion, and then Thames started, I went across to Thames.JPH: Change of franchise time in 1968.DS: And I did The Sooty Show which was after the opening ceremony for the new company, Rediffusion.How did the change of franchise affe[…]
[…] now coming up to my 21 years so I'm still there. You asked about the career well, I'll mention that later, I arrived in Manchester from the south in 1968 sort of coped reasonably well. I think the change little bit lonely at first, I think, and because I sort of been rather involved at college in t[…]
[…]day and we took a five day classical tour round GreeceJL: What date was this?DA: The early 50s. But in ‘63, I went with him the first time he went to Moscow, to be a judge on the Moscow International Film Jury, and he went every other year from then on really, practically every other year. If you we[…]
[…]e and I typed all the script, and it was called... I can't remember what it was called, Maurice Elvey directed it, and it starred Francis Day and Vic Oliver. [N.B. Probably 'Room For Two']Sidney Cole: Ah! And where was it shot?Kay Mander: It was shot at Twickenham.AL: Who financed it?Kay Mander: I d[…]
[…] 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 […]
