[…] met. And my father absolutely loved India, and in particular, Burma. But obviously living in Burma after the war wasn't really feasible, and as they headed towards partition in India, things got a little bit bad. So my father then started to think about where he was going to live, and what had happ[…]
[…]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[…]
[…]ueen, Renee Asherson?Renee Asherson, that’s right. [telephone ringing] Yes, we made their costumes. So thatwas quite fun.Elaborate ones, the medieval headdresses and everything.[both speaking together]Absolutely, yes. And I remember the weight of it, because one of the dresses was made ofMoygashel l[…]
[…]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[…]
[…]o much work going around and there were fewer people available to do it. Sound recording was Harold King and he went on to great things.BA: He became head of Sound at ABPC Studios.BE: And the art director was Holmes Paul. He was an older sort of art director, very very nice man. One of the few then […]
[…] H down beside the...Alan Lawson : The railway...Gordon McCallum : ...the railway. I think another line went out to Shepperton, and so the work went ahead. And it was announced that British & Dominions which owned the studio that was burnt down, they were going to become a partner at the new stu[…]
[…] young man called Geoff Davis who did the most wonderful cartoons. And our chief job there was doing the campaign sheets.Sidney Cole: Where was their headquarters - where did you work?Kay Mander: Wembley.Sidney Cole: At Wembley, yes.Kay Mander: Yes, the old Fox-British studios, which are now - [Lees[…]
[…]ke that to be part of the general inefficiency? Andy Worker: Yeah, hmm. Roy Fowler: Yes. Looking forward a few years, I don't want to jump ahead too much, but was that what continued until John Davis took over? Andy Worker: Well I don't really know that he had a great deal to do with […]
[…]s recording is copyright the ACTT History Project. It�s an interview with Reg Sutton that is taking place on 16 September 1987 at the Samuelson Group Headquarters. First of all Reg let me ask you when and where were you born?Reg Sutton: I was born on 24th October 1916 at Stamford Brook in London dur[…]
