[…]t came later in my teens when I went into, I went on stage to start with and then I did odd things in films for Warner Brothers and BIP [British International Pictures] and I worked a lot with Lupino Lane.RF: Just to wrap up on school did you have any encouragement on writing there. VG: Not spe[…]
[…] sound crew was - oh he ended up with the National Film Board in Ottawa - George Crowle[?]. And he […]
[…] sound crew was - oh he ended up with the National Film Board in Ottawa - George Crowle[?]. And he […]
[…] Allen: I see.Mickey Hickey: ...with John Aldred and I took John Aldred's place. And the other member of the sound crew was - oh he ended up with the National Film Board in Ottawa - George Crowle[?]. And he went out there and he contacted me when I was at MGM, said, "We've got a job for you out here[…]
[…]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 […]
BECTU History Project - Interview No. 293 [Copyright BECTU] Transcription Date: 2002-11-15Interview Date: 1993-06-29 (1993-07-05?) Interviewers: Jim ShieldsInterviewee: Peter Stroud Tape 1, Side 1Jim Shields: This is an interview with Peter Stroud, Charge-hand project[…]
[…]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[…]
[…]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[…]
[…]ended on the cinema I suppose.Jack Rockett: Oh yes it depends yes because you had Grade A, Grade B, Grade C. You had Grade A, Grade B, Grade C in the national agreement.Sidney Cole: Yes. But do you remember what the Grade A figure was for instance for a projectionist?Jack Rockett: To be really hones[…]
[…] I was 17 and a half. Of course one had National Service coming up then. I tried to get in […]
