[…]o a female and female artists in those days were really just a no-no. Rosa Bonheur used to dress up as a man to go around and do her paintings and I knew all that when I was about 12 so I was really quite impressed with that. And then I used to love the impressionists because my dad used to take me […]
[…]ctor. So, erm, ah…then I did ah….in the open-air theatre I did er…The Winter’s Tale and played Vermillious, and actually got a notice for that in the news chronicle. And er…but I still didn’t really like the idea of acting. Then I went to Shepherd’s Bush, and was interviewed by a fat man who said “h[…]
[…]read this and/or other interviews. If you want to help, please contact BEHP Secretary, sue.malden@btinternet.com.Jim Shields 0:03 Pinewood Studios, on the fourth of August 1993. There isn't a cut from moment to start.John Hargreaves 0:18 That's right. You see, 48 years […]
[…]got there?Eric Cross: Pretty well yes.Arthur Graham: And after the war was over, what happened?Eric Cross: Well, I was still freelancing, mainly at Pinewood. I freelanced, let me see know, I joined This Modern Age for a while, Rank's This Modern Age, which was a sort of magazine programme.Arthur Gra[…]
[…] all the floors were snowy white and it smelt of new wood and it seemed vast, the stages seemed vast […]
[…]y had to use the name Thomas. Which doesn't I don't like at all.SPEAKER: M1That's life. And and when and where were you born.SPEAKER: M5I was born in Newbury Berkshire in 1926 in West Mills. My father worked in the post over some and when I was about six weeks old he was promoted to. A post in readi[…]
[…]onverted from a PDF file into a Word document. It will require proof reading and editing. Interview with Cyril Howard at Pinewood Studios on 25th August1988SIDE l, TAPE lRF: When and where were you born. CH: I w[…]