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[…] and said, "If he'll come back I'll guarantee he'll be manager in six months." And she said, "No I don't […]
[…]o an advert. It was Harry Coventry 36:31 in the newspaper. And by this time, I'd taken a job, a temporary job, as a cinema manager, or assistant cinema Manager, which was in the area I was, was a bit of a nightmare. There was some it was the time of Teddy boys, and people […]
[…] and very much my contemporary, a very independently-minded Antipodean. Tragically caught in a roof fall injuring his back. There was Ken Gay as unit manager. I can remember that unit from the total friendliness of it. No one was biting anyone else's back. There were no jealousies. It was a marvello[…]
[…]was awesome, John. Yeah. Which, in fact, my parents thought was a marvellous idea. And my starting in the film industry was going to be the assistant manager of the Kerr? Odeon, which wasn't exactly the career movie. So doubtless, I would have been a very rich and successful gentleman have I taken t[…]
