[…]o that was why every American company formed a British company that was paramount, who worked at Pinewood was 20th Century Fox, who owned Wembley and MGM Of course, by now had the, we're building very shortly afterwards, the MGM Studios to Boston would also and the system was this, the Americans wou[…]
[…]m in the river at Denham, when we were still working at Worton Hall and I got to know the gardener, [laughing] who was later the studio controller at MGM. What the hell was his name? Nice man. Anyway this is all irrelevant, you see what I mean.Sidney Cole: No, it's not because its sort of stream-of-[…]
[…]s Busman's Honeymoon .Roy Fowler: That came a bit later, didn't it?Joan Kemp-Welch: That came a bit later, did it?Roy Fowler: That was MGM also, with Robert Montgomery.Joan Kemp-Welch: I don't know why, I thought that came before The Citadel? That's a big one?Roy Fowler: No,[…]
[…]bsp; We got on famous old DP and I, and then of course when they went to Denham he with went with Wattie who took over at Denham, and then he went to MGM at Elstree after that.ROY FOWLER: What was the pick-up on the very first films? Did you start out with booms or did you have base microphone[…]
[…]ories of him because he was very capable producer, he eventually went to work for Korda, I believe.CB: No, he stayed in Hollywood. I think he went to MGM.I: Well, he did some work for Korda, late thirties; I know he made Q Planes for Korda CB: In England?I: Yeah.CB: I didn’t know he was hereI: Olivi[…]
[…]stayed there the rest of the time. Except going once or twice - once to Wembley I think, [corrects herself] to Ealing I think, and apart from that to MGM.Sidney Cole: Oh they had lovely studios at MGM.Carmen Dillon: Yes.Sidney Cole: Elstree, yes.Carmen Dillon: Yes. Good.Sidney Cole: Would you say yo[…]
BECTU History Project - Interview No. 250 [Copyright BECTU ] Transcription Date: 1999-01-30Interview Date: 1992-03-03 Interviewer: Arnold SchwartzmanInterviewee: Charles Bennett Also present was Charles Bennett's business partner Stuart Birnbaum. Tape 1, Side 1Arnold Sc[…]
[…]smashed to smithereens - drainage, light, the power, all gone! So there was a tremendous drama going on and this story...told it. But, I showed it to MGM, it was practically useless, it was of no interest to them! Not the slightest interest. There was one producer in England who read it: Wintle. Jul[…]
