Michael Aldridge

[…], Halifax, you know, and so on, right through to Hull. And sort of hitting each town at about nine o'clock at night, and the only thing that was ever open was Chinese restaurants. So for nine nights, we got sick of Chinese food by the time we got to Hull. But very friendly people, very trusting peop[…]

John Schlesinger

[…].5mm.Norman Swallow: Silent of course. John Schlesinger: Silent yes.Norman Swallow: 9.5, I remember that.John Schlesinger: I remember a sort of magic opening, the school gate was going to be pulled back by a string, and it opened to this school life. Anyhow that was my first beginnings with film. An[…]

Elizabeth Furse (née Wolpert)

[…]n was an introvert and Carol Reed was an extrovert, in a very gentle way not throwing weight around. But Carol Reed was, you know, all nice and easy, open, you see. Whereas Lean was tight, you know, tight, very tight, and you couldn't go near him when he was shooting or, do you know, it was very dif[…]

Godfrey Jennison

[…]the German embassy is on the next da y.SPEAKER: F13They put two brown paper parcels down a wallflower to pick up their own lunch and we have the door open and shower to the swastika on the front. I mean the British navy is that's just what we were told but I think probably the real truth is a better[…]

John Mackay

[…]portunity for you. You'll be working with Andrea Brymer", he said. "Now, you look at her and it's as if she's from the South Sea islands but when she opens her mouth", he says, "she's clearly the daughter of a Brechin butcher!" He said, "It's a devastating combination!" I: And in terms of, you […]

Charles W Smith

[…]re sufficiently well aligned, in correct registration, to give comfortable viewing for the audiences. And four films were ultimately produced for the opening program. Two of these were from Canada, from—made by National—Norman McLaren, the great animator. One was a brief introductory title, animated[…]

Teddy Darvas

[…]olutely no money and they were running out of money, according to Lew, and the film wasn't working at all and somebody had the idea to have, like the opening of the execution of Anne Boleyn, and Vincent, it seems, had worked this thing out and they needed something like five hundred pounds which the[…]
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