[…]ailways at that time were expensive and he found that by taking a coach full of people, they used to call them charabancs in those days and they were open topped jobs, folding hoods. He could take people to Brighton for the day for much less money than railways were charging. And it was a huge succe[…]
[…] And this was roundabout the time of the Jameson Raid and all that, but they thought it would be only polite to invite Oom Paul down from Pretoria to open it. And the Presidential train duly arrived, and Oom Paul descended in his stovepipe hat and he was taken to the doors of this synagogue. And he […]
[…]at the direction of a film was the most creative function, I would say that, although I think our attitude particularly, coming from Oxford, was very open and pragmatic. And one would certainly admit, as one does now that there are films,which are a writer's films, there are films which are designer[…]
[…]ly on this girl. I mean she has magnetism she’s going to be a big star”. So it was, we went to Philly then we went back to New York and I went to the opening night of ‘Funny Girl’ because of course it was the company but it was kinda marvellous because she was a star overnight. And I’d seen that cau[…]
[…]d then we went on showing these films like Potemkin on 16mm. As far as Kino was concerned we were all volunteers, I mean I still was working in - I'd opened up - even a butcher's shop and I was still functioning there, but we were functioning in Kino and running the organisation. It was early 1935 t[…]
[…]ad and his his sister was the lady at the box office who was always knitting.SPEAKER: M20She sat in this booth pretty much all day knitting and never opening the copies of these trade papers and I spied them one day and I wondered what they were. I could see they were to do with film and she said we[…]
[…]bsp;at the end of a huge area and I'd have to slide down off the roof open the gate that the car goes through close the gate and get back on the&[…]
[…] the theatre and in photography, and in films, not a film buff, but I just and living Gerrards cross, I suppose denim studios was built, Pinewood was opening. And I remember very well, seeing the, the British LAN van going up the Oxford road every day from bekins field studios, which is owned by Bri[…]
[…]and everything else in the thing. So don't get it the wrong way. But anyway, because the pubs were busy, because in that time, the pubs were not open all day. They used to open up until about three o'clock, close and then open up again about half past five in the evenings or something. And the […]
[…]es, and we were on the third floor I think it was, and he was going up to the fourth floor, it was just the two of us, he came in the lift, the doors opened, he got in and [they] shut, and I knew of course who he was, but Jeremy Isaacs turned round to me and he said “I don’t know you – who are you?”[…]
