[…]rtnership, but he left after about nine months or a year to go to England and I carried on on my own The most interesting stuff that I did by far was pictures of actors and theatrical pictures on which you might say that I had an in the family until knowing, knowing all these people and so on. And c[…]
[…]you're doing while you're doing it. So it's, I find it very easy to let for soSpeaker 1 26:46 would you be watching a monitor rather than moving through the camera? Oh,Speaker 2 26:50 yes, yes. And on the through the camera, you want to get a monochrome picture. Anyway, that […]
[…] lot of films - I remember - quite a well-known picture - '77 Park Lane' was made there. A host […]
[…]studios. We had two stages I think, then they were converted to sound and er, we were... See, the films being made in those days, they were all quota pictures, a pound a foot - how the hell they did it, I can't know! They contracted with an American company and they had to produce a finished film - […]
[…]l you do you just go in there they're not close to you when you come out the other end will parade and the secret of this inoculation life is to keep moving they say keep moving get get the serum around your body and you won't feel it feel any ill effects. Well we lined up well I've never had this b[…]
[…] shed or an old shop - I saw these things moving on a screen, you know, and I was really […]
[…] Jim Shields: Oh yes, well that was a very popular picture. Maurice Askew: I didn't do that, Red Law, er, […]
[…] - we're talking about the cinema now. And anyway, about 1922 I suddenly got taken down this - it was like a shed or an old shop - I saw these things moving on a screen, you know, and I was really taken with it. Well from that day onwards I was hooked. Because we had no money, but I'd go down and ha[…]
[…]W. then were they?Maurice Askew: No.Jim Shields: They were a separate entity...Maurice Askew: The Religious Film Society was formed to make Christian pictures, and that's when Rank got interested in the film business.Jim Shields: Yes.Maurice Askew: And they had a studio in Crystal Palace, just oppos[…]
[…]d Arthur was very competitive and it was Cup Final day and I got a call from the engineer in charge at Hampden to say that he wouldn't be getting any pictures of the game. Now, in those days, we came on the air early, both ourselves and the BBC. We came on air about ten o' clock in the morning doing[…]
