[…]ne stage follow the Americans putting their heads of departments and that head of department may not have had anything to do with that production.All MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc) costumes and designs by the same one, Cedric GibbonsThat’s right but he wasn’t on the film at all and contractua[…]
[…]camera. And we decided to do a film about Canterbury Cathedral. There was no question of shooting inside because it's never been allowed, not even by MGM. So anyway we went off to Canterbury and we shot this film. Our budget was fifty-five pounds, we had thirty-five, we decided to take a chance on i[…]
[…]but I never gotanywhere? No-one showed any interest in them except Edgar and then I got a message at theOfficers' Club in London saying I was to ring MGM, so I rang MGM and Edgar had got me a job assome Assistant Publicity Officer or something. I went along there and got the job starting onMonday, I[…]
[…] manager to Alexander Korda, Frank Gibson, who's died, but his wife lives in Bexhill on Sea, that's how he got the work. And then he went to work for MGM Frank, and then Frank died when he was at MGM.Sid Cole: Did he have any reminiscences of Korda?Betty Bachelor: I don't think he was that keen on K[…]
