David Watkin (DW)Director of PhotographyBECTU No. 320Interviewer: Alan Lawson (AL) and John Legard (JL)Date 03/03/19943 Tapes Side 100:00:00 – 00:12:00 Introductions; born in Margate, 1925; father was a solicitor for Southern Rail; lived in Margate until the war; as a child DW would got to the […]
[…]inion, Herbert Wilcox's company. He was playing Robespierre, and 'When Knights Were Bold', that was another film that Nelson Keys was in. His son was John Paddy Carstairs. Nelson Keys had three or four sons - I've forgotten which, but they were all in films, technical side of film. Well anyhow...Rod[…]
[…]of that in those terms, except the documentary boys I feel, I mean the shelves unit and, and they had a sort of, and the post office union with, with John Gresham [ph 18:50] they had, they had political aims, you see.Right.They did this. But I was in pictures, you see. So...So, I was going to say le[…]
[…] well you can be a sound camera operator. And I was absolutely thrilled at the thought of actually working on a picture. I worked with a mixer called John Cooke who was I think I am right in saying some relation of John Cox. I think he was his brother-in-law, wonderful man, very good man, and I was […]
[…] a sort of, and the post office union with, with John Gresham [ph 18:50] they had, they had political aims, […]
[…]: Riverside, oh yes that was just the one picture, I never went back there again.SC: So you spent some time at Shepperton. RP: Yes. Then I did a John Argyle picture Happy Days Are Here Again, with the Houston sisters [3 sisters, Renée, Billy, Shirley.SC: Oh yes Renée and Billy, RP: Re[…]
