BECTU History ProjectInterview no: 398Interviewee: Vivienne CollinsInterviewer: John Legard and Alan Lawson No of tapes 3Duration: 3:50:151Vivienne Collins Tape 1 Side ANB: The time codes given here are estimates based on readings from the original cassette recording.Tape 1 Side A.The copyright of t[…]
[…]Because I like to talk about my family background from that. Because it has a bearing on what happens. In fact I'll start with what happened.In 1965. Johnny Speight and I – Johnny Speight the author, well established had been writing a very successful series for commercial television, called the Art[…]
[…]m...I learnt all these things, and I found it so interesting. Then, after that we made a big film, which was 'The Burgomaster of Stilemonde' with Sir John Martin-Harvey.Sidney Cole: Oh yes!Tilly Day: Of course I was thrilled to be on a film with Sir John Martin-Harvey! And in such close co[…]
[…] big film, which was 'The Burgomaster of Stilemonde' with Sir John Martin-Harvey. Sidney Cole: Oh yes! Tilly Day: Of course […]
[…] other distinguished member of the family who also came from that part of the world and his grandfather was Louis' brother, was my distant cousin Sir John Balcombe, B A L C O M B E, who was a Lord of Appeal and a very distinguished judge, who died last year and had the most marvellous ecumenical ser[…]
[…]er. And he had been at the BBC before, he was being rein.., reinstated, re, re-established. He was a, a technical operator before the War, along with Johnnie Stewart who, who later was also of course, he went in...Mm.He was in radio again but...Yes.When he came back but he of course, joined televisi[…]
[…] Michael was best man at his, his wedding too. And John Carter was another one, was of that ilk, who […]
[…]us jobs as an assistant director I worked with her but Wilcox and Anna Neagle. On a filmmaker Denham cord they flew alone, which was the story of Amy Johnson, the great aviator and Jim Mollison, who she married. Robert Newton played the part there. There are a lot of Russians on it because Robert Ne[…]
[…] nodine Pepin was the mother of my wife, Judas, although that didn't have many years later. In fact, the Bedouins games of rugby to give a concert in Johnson is all Marvels programme which they played, observed beautifully. I remember the programme no one can hear at least I can come here to my memo[…]
[…]d to do some second unit. Things I went on to location. There was a picture called they made me a fugitive, Trevor Howard was in. I went to Devon and john winbot was the operator I think, no, he was gonna focus on I was the loader. And we got snowed in and Tavistock. It was that awful winter 47. And[…]
