[…]posh” voice] “talking like thet” and they are meant to be miners and things, and the English- there was a class thing. It had come, I think, from the theatre. The theatre was sacred to actors because that was their only means to being known.McG: Were you drawn more to Hollywood than to British pictu[…]
[…]and we got the local orchestras, this was at the palace, Manchester, and on the rehearsal in the morning, I had arranged a special arrangement of the national anthem which we always played in those days to suit the small Combination, 15 people, and in it the brass played the first 6 bars which they […]
[…]nds of things went through my mind. So you won't believe it. The other one came to me is on the same. Now I heard afterwards it was a Dodge to escape national service. If you're a little narrower, whether they were just playing it up because they had to I don't know. But anyway, the one the second o[…]
[…]ly was quite famous for photographing these lovely girls. And the Daily Mirror approach approached him and said that they were running the first international world beauty competition. They were looking for the most beautiful girl in the world. And the competition was already underway. And they aske[…]
[…]t think it achieved very much in its life. My first contact with Carl Foreman was on a film called The Mouse that Roared which was a skit on the international scene with the Americans meeting the Russians and things like that. It was quite a good film, lots of sound effects any rate. Much more sound[…]
[…]Smith 6:11 Not at all, not a soul. So my father was, as I say, a draughtsman mum was a translator, very good. Used to go to the national coal board to work, quite a responsible job doing translations. I could remember the name of some of her bosses. She particularly liked a lov[…]
[…]films. We always had to come back and rebuilt the smallest bit that you could get away with.BA: What studio was that in.BE: It must have been British National Studio at Elstree I think. Yes.BA: Do you remember how long the production schedule was.BE: It was about 3 weeks.BA: 3 weeks.BE: No, I expect[…]
[…]a Dors and Tony Newley, who were just young, up and coming. So, we used to hang out together with other mates and things.DB: You seem to have avoided National Service.PM: I was B4.DB: Oh right. 10 minutes PM: I was born with a stone in a kidney, and the Army never likes people who might ha[…]
[…]ut at Pinewood was a very important stage. So who was your next contact?Rodney Giesler: I left Pangbourne when I was 17 and a half. Of course one had National Service coming up then. I tried to get in the Navy, but they weren't taking anyone except as stokers. I waited for my call-up to come. In the[…]
