[…]ood and then...Well, and then...SF: ...your education resumes.Yes, but my father, his job, they moved him around the country from, you know, he was a manager of whatever. And we went first to Manchester, lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy for about two years, and I passed my, whatever you called it then, s[…]
[…]at all?Erica Masters: Well on the whole the second assistants and the first assistants, on the whole were very nice people, and it was the production managers who in the first instance wouldn't take me on. And that was really a tough period because I would go to them and I would say, "Please, may I […]
[…]ery difficult for anybody to appreciate these days, how chaotic it was . It wasn't run at all, it was just a racket.R. F. Well, what about the Studio Managers? Joe Grossmith.C. D. Well he was a bit of a joke to everybody.R. F. Was he?C. D. Yes, he didn’t interfere at all. He . . well I didn’t have a[…]
[…]a thing. Gosh I'd say I do remember them all. Isn't it hard now. Charlie was on the boom of course when he wasn't throwing cheese rolls at the studio manager. I can't remember this very well. How long did you stay. Well what happened was I manage with my brilliant mathematics lose 25000 feet of film[…]
[…]nary delights and things because of heavy rationing was still going on in England. [00:07:14] So we arrived and were met by the kind of business manager of the unit; Rhodesian, White Rhodesian, Brian Asher. ...Put into a hotel, and then we moved in with Allan Izod, who had a house in the outski[…]
[…]duce you to Thorold now." Because he'd got me the job through - oh what was the name of - oh God, what was the name of the man? The studio director...manager?Alan Lawson: Bill Lott[?]Tilly Day: Bill Lott!Sidney Cole: Bill Lott, yes.Tilly Day: I got the job through Bill Lott, and […]
[…]ll, would you like to come up and see us? So I did, and I saw a gentleman by the name of Bishop Bert bishop. He was a nice man. He was the production manager for gomats, and then I had to see Mr. Castle tonight. He was the boss in those days. And I went back home, carried on working. And then I got […]
[…] ranks-ish in the BBC. SF: Yes. Started as a floor manager. SF: Yes. And worked in the BBC. So when […]
[…] films, and had worked his way up to be General Manager by the time it was taken over by Pathe. […]
[…] what was the name of the man? The studio director... manager? Alan Lawson: Bill Lott[?] Tilly Day: Bill Lott! Sidney […]
