[…]d auditioned for. Now America has got strict rules about British actors and American actors, quite understandably, but Clarence Derwent was the head of American Equity and he was originally from this country and he got to know me and he said “I can’t think of another actor here, an American ac[…]
[…]rtisement in the local paper saying want is somebody interested in wireless so I wrote so off. And to my amazement I got her letter back with the BBC heading and it was the BBC at that time were erecting low power transmitters all over the country which in the event of any craft coming over labour t[…]
[…]m”. How this poet should know that, I don’t know, but he did. He phoned up Basil Wright, who was a leading documentary maker, and Basil phoned up the head of Strand Films, who said “come along and see me”. I must have a drink..Interviewer – Where were they based?Peter – The Strand were based at Mert[…]
[…]nded, "Hands Up!", and no guns were fired, and we'd came in onto the Turkish troops and of course they never fired a shot. They were going to cut our heads off, only they knew we were British...Anyway, all was well. We got back in the compound and got into Seoul. And Rene errm...we er...Oh er...Rene[…]
[…]ng about in this school, you see, kids started at three and a half in them days and the teacher says, "Now we all have a little sleep." So we put our heads on the little tables, you know, the chairs, and I must have fell asleep so hard, when I woke up - and it was winter time - it was all in darknes[…]
[…], on Monte Carlo Rally and, and....Well now you've, you've mentioned David Lean, what...?I had a son there, I had a son there you see.You're jumping ahead, you're jumping ahead then, sorry.David was a bit embarrassed, you see, because he knew me through his brother, and my, my husband, you see, and […]
