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[…]ree-quarters were owned by individuals.Rodney Giesler : As many as that?John Hogarth : Oh yes, amazing, people nowadays thinking of Odeon and MGM and National Amusements and so on - chains of cinemas. The independent is very much the rarity. But in those days the majority of cinemas were independent[…]

[…]lly that but I was told this a comparatively few years ago at the 50th anniversary. History of the Film Society an event that was set of about at the National Film theatre and Ipswich itself. But I got the local principal singer? put a slide on the screen, appealing for people to support the formati[…]

[…]cricket. Eventually they got together and decided at major events they would pool it and not be in competition with each other. Things like the Grand National and the Cup Final they covered in a rota system. I never wanted to carry on doing that. I liked it. But I wanted to work on feature films abo[…]

[…]Ben HurCB: Did he? What was he doing over here then?I: He came over. He was I guess under contract at Gaumont BritishCB: No I don’t remember him. Was nationality was he?14 Victor Saville (1895-1979) was an English director, producer and screenwriter. His films included Dark Journey (1937) and The Si[…]

[…]ducts that were made by Kodak in any area, not just Motion Picture anywhere else. Then there were also factories in Canada in Toronto, also made some national picture products. There's another one in Canada in Australia, which made some Asian picture products, they were then opening new places in Co[…]

[…]e are half memories. [00:17:43] So this was one year leading up to the war. I remember various other things like my brother had been in the International Brigade. They arrived back at Victoria Station. I didn't see them, it was a day that I knew or heard they were coming back and I understand h[…]