[…]h us, some arrangement across patents and so on, and they may have had something to do with that. I shouldn't be surprised, because at that time, I remember going to General Electric, although General Electric was their company, and having meetings with people there, but I'm very vague now as to wha[…]
[…]ck. And it's a series of accidents and being in the right place at the right time and everything. And following upon the camera incident. I became an honorary Scott. I will explain because one of the first jobs and I was spoken to this man today on the phone, Stanley Baxter, who was a big star in Sc[…]
[…]Hamilton's flat in in Paddington with the four Shadwell sisters, the daughters of Charles Shadwell. And it's about him will start speaking, selecting members, right now we'll start as early as we can about him the year that he was born who's going toUnknown Speaker 0:45 need 1898? Right.[…]
[…]iff so it didn't help a lot to get to Wales butthat's what we did.SRSo your early years were spent during the war?JBWell I was very little but I do remember bombs, yes yes.SRDo you think that affected your future at all?JBNo. Not at all I think I was too young and of course since then I've learnt a […]
[…]ite Robert Burn’s poetry, [Laughter] but it’s the only association I’ve ever had with anything in the theatre at all. Right. And can you remember how the first stirrings or inklings or interests in, in the theatre and, and...?Oh at school? Mm, I used to write little plays. They must have […]
[…]st joined – well they were just finishing – there was a set on the back lot for The Master of Bagdam, the Tom Walls picture – Ann Crawford, I can’t remember the other artistes. Just finishing that. Then they were making a Frank Randall picture When you Come Home, Diana Dekker was in it.&[…]
[…]bly the best one because I knew for, and for instance there wasa character, a movie character called Rudolph Valentino which I don’t know ifanybody remembers any more but, but he was very prominent in those days. And he was so different from the ordinary American hero [Laughter] all the girls were c[…]
[…], if you were tall (and had rather a low voice) because of the shortage of men (just between the wars) I was very often playing men! In fact, I can remember Celia Johnson and myself playing Quince and Snugg for a public performance, and nothing could have been more feminine to look at than Celia Joh[…]
