Virginia McKenna

[…]ong time.VM: Which was, for a straight play, you know, quite serious.JR: And you did matinees, did you, as well?VM: Oh, yes, of course. [Pause.] Oh, Robert Hardy was in it too, and the last play I did in the theatre, actually, was with him, so I’ve known him for many years.[32]JR: Fine actor.VM: Won[…]

Daphne Shadwell

[…]g recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. The date is 1st May 1991 and we’re at the flat of John and Daphne Shadwell in Paddington and Roberto Champredanc [ph], this is your life![laughter]Daphne Shadwell, long time radio and television practitioner. Daphne, starting at the beginning&n[…]

John Halas

[…] going back because the pogroms must have been started by then? John Halas: no I didn't. But I did go back nevertheless. I came here 1936, on October 11 and it took me a year to finish this Music Man which by the way was the first home made Technicolor animation and it was shown in the cinema's[…]

Vivienne Collins

[…]ustle around the place. And there were about...Do you know if she got an MBE for her work as librarian?I think I did know that, yes I think I...Or an OBE or something like that, I think it was MBE for her work at Crown Film Unit.I think I did know.And of course, she’d been a neg cutter in features y[…]
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