[…] we always did shows for special occasions and we used to have a thing about The Bastille Day in those days. And I can remember Michael’s door flying open and John Glyn-Jones, that incredible face of his and that grin saying ‘What a Bastille’, and went out again. That meaning that was his reaction t[…]
[…] in those days. And I can remember Michael’s door flying open and John Glyn-Jones, that incredible face of his and […]
[…]oney and said I don't know how much work you want me to do but that's now much money I want per year for 3 years. And he said if I was you I wouldn't open it until you've had your lunch because it will spoil your appetite. And Ronnie opened it and said you have a deal.Now recently at an RTS lecture […]
[…]ieve if you go out into steamy conditions – I don’t have to wear these outdoors but I believe they steam up.VM: Everything steams up, doesn’t it? You open up the oven and it all steams up!JR: Whereas the contact lenses—VM: So yes, it was brilliant.JR: That was a great success, that. I’d forgotten it[…]
[…]Rogers. And it was enormous fun. I: In 1946, am I right? P: In 1946, the end of 1946, before the television reopened. When did the television service reopen? I: Yeah, mid-46 I think it was the summer – spring June/July? P: &nbs[…]
[…]e there was so much nitrate film and it decayed at a rate faster than one could keep up with the copying, and that was exacerbated because you had to open the cans to find out if nitrate was decaying, and you didn’t know until it was decaying; and he created this test with the help of chemistry tech[…]
[…]nt in the USA.NS: Which company was this- Sadler’s Wells?MD: No, no. In ’46 we went to Covent Garden. It was called the Sadler’s Wells Ballet. But we opened Covent Garden after the War. Feb. 1946 with the Sleeping Beauty and we shared the theatre with an Opera Company. Not the Sadler’s Wells Opera C[…]
[…] west end stage in bit parts and Major Barbara, which again went on and on. There is one good thing about Major Barbara it kept the studio open if it hadn’t gone so vastly over schedule the studio would have been requisitioned and when you think of what was made at Denham during the war, […]
[…] the copying, and that was exacerbated because you had to open the cans to find out if nitrate was decaying, […]
[…] ver. On June the third, I got a telegram, ‘job open for you at NFB come immediately. ’ And I […]
