[…]things for children's television, which play I think it was the cocktail party was the set. But what was amusing there was every actor and actress in London you've ever heard of plus people for the suffragette sequence? We had Dorothy Sayers waving flags as a child with props and things. And I start[…]
[…]hen you born?Anthony Mendleson : Yes I can, in February 1915.Linda Wood : and where?Anthony Mendleson : Where?Linda Wood : Ah hmm.Anthony Mendleson : London.Linda Wood : London, yes. Did your family have any connection with the film industry or...?Anthony Mendleson : No not at all.Linda Wood : Not a[…]
[…]s based on readings from the original cassette recording.Tape 1 Side 1The date is the 1st of July 1991. We’re at 17 – right - Chesham Street, in London. And the interview is with Elisabeth Furse. Elisabeth, tell me, first of all, when and where you were born, if it isn't too ungallant to ask yo[…]
[…] we've now arrived at around 1948 and you've gone to London Films, with Alexander Korda at Shepperton? Yes. Is that right? […]
[…] And then I joined Alex Korda and I lived in London for a while. It was all pretty unsatisfactory. Alex […]
[…] us about your family life, where you were born, schooling and how you came into the film industry. AY: Well I was born in the East end of London, my father was a watch maker, watch repairer and my mother was a put upon housewife. Looking back I would say she was a slave. Ther[…]
[…] were on location where there was a clubhouse, and I used to beat her. But she was very pleasant.DB. Where was that on location? Which film?PS. South London, funnily enough. It wasn't a glamorous place, it was a sports ground belonging to the studios. Oh yes, she was very pleasant. It wasn't until s[…]
[…] : Where? Linda Wood : Ah hmm. Anthony Mendleson : London. Linda Wood : London, yes. Did your family have […]
[…] History Project Recording made 26 October 1987, 111 Wardour St., London Interviewee: Ted Candy Interviewer: Roy Fowler Analytical transcription by […]
[…]hen orthochromatic film was in common use. I mention this ordinary film because Mr. Parkinson... one of his strategies was to photograph landmarks in London, like teashops and monuments and so forth and mark the frame. You would photograph these things, fade out on the lens diaphragm and then you'd […]
