Renee Glynne

[…], nee Renée Galler. I was born in Hackney in 1926 which was the year of The General Strike, of very nice parents, whose parents were living in Russia at the time of the pogroms and left in, say, 1890, something like that. Went from there, accidentally, to New York â€“ I think they were meant[…]

Joy Cuff (née Seddon)

[…]:04.7 MIKE: The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project. The name of the interviewee is Joy Cuff, ne Seddon   - Matte Artist. The name of the interviewer is Mike Dick. Date: 8th June 2010 and this is Tape One. 0:00:22 Ok Joy, tell me about your background. W[…]

Douglas Slocombe

[…]ew times in my life, actually, when it when I've been, well, sorry that I didn't get that picture wasn't recognized, as, you know, I mean, for for an award, because I felt, I felt that at the time, it was, you know, it was a picture that I felt should have been at least nominated for something, an a[…]

Bryan Langley

[…]and troops and so forth. For several months I was in sole command as my CO Jerry Keane had been killed so I didn't have any clue what to do as far as awarding punishments and drills and I had to rely heavily on those people who had been luckily enough to be trained but had been brow beaten possibly […]

Hugh Stewart

[…] Stewart was born in Falmouth on 14th December 1910. Educated at Claysmore and then at Cambridge under F.R. Leavis, he […]

Edward Dryhurst

[…]st: J. Stuart Blackton, Commodore Blackton he liked to be called.Roy Fowler: Yes?Eddie Dryhurst: [Chuckles] I wonder why?Roy Fowler: Which was a self-awarded title was it, or rank?Eddie Dryhurst: I don't know, I know he liked to be called Commodore.Roy Fowler: Sounds like a Southern Colonelcy doesn'[…]

Christine Collins

[…] 5Tape 17Michaela Denis and their film series was called On Safari and I think about two years previously to that they had won the BBC award for the best factual programme, probably in 1956 or 4 or something like that. Although television in those days was only black and white and it […]

Tilly Day

[…]ur whole career? Would you - if you had to start all over again, your life - would you still go into movies, do you think?Tilly Day: Well, in my lifetime you see, in my early life nothing was ever planned. Nobody ever said to you - especially if you were a woman, if you were a girl - nobody eve[…]

Tilly Day

[…] into movies, do you think? Tilly Day: Well, in my lifetime you see, in my early life nothing was ever […]
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