Jill Balcon (Day-Lewis)

[…]1931 When my brother was born. It coincided, which is interesting.I always think. Roy Fowler  24:35  That's when he is still independent and it's Gainsborough.  Jill Balcon  24:40  I think it's Gaumont British by then. Roy Fowler  […]

John Shirley

[…]said, Do you want a job? I said, naturally, and I became Fred as assistant on another Children's Foundation picture, but it was the very first of the independent frame pictures. And it was only really a tryout for independent praying because they were going into production at Pinewood with a very bi[…]

Peter Lamont

[…], everything was done by hand. Then, as the war ended, and I came out of school, he got me a job at Pinewood as he knew Ernie Holding who was part of Independent Producers, and I went as a prism print boy, runner to Teddy Carrick who at that time was doing Captain Boycott. So, that was my start[…]

Jan Zilliacus

[…]de there.Was there?Y es.Ah, well my memory’s doing alright in that case. And he was tremendous friends with, with Hepworth and he made a whole lot of films over here. Mm, I don’t know how many but of course, they were short films in those days little, little tiny ones, you know. But he had an actor […]

Eileen Diss

[…] Now the appalling thing is that his name escapes me, it was John, and I cannot at this moment remember it. But he was the man who virtually invented independent frame at Pinewood; do you know who I mean? I wrote to him too and on the strength of the past acquaintanceship with my father, he said wel[…]
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