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Side 1Alan Lawson.The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU history project.  Gerry Humphries, sound recordist, dubbing mixer, managing director of Twickenham Film Studios.  Interviewer Alan Lawson.  Recorded on the 21st August 1995.  Side one.Now, first Gerry when a[…]

Copyright is vested in the BECTU History ProjectFREDDIE FRANCIS, lighting cameraman, feature film director, interviewer Alan Lawson, recorded on 24 November 1993SIDE 1, TAPE 1Alan Lawson: When and where were you born?Freddie Francis: I was born in the wilds of North London, Barnesbury, north London […]

BECTU History Project - Interview No. 250 [Copyright BECTU ] Transcription Date: 1999-01-30Interview Date: 1992-03-03 Interviewer: Arnold SchwartzmanInterviewee: Charles Bennett Also present was Charles Bennett's business partner Stuart Birnbaum. Tape 1, Side 1Arnold Sc[…]

[…]We couldn’t get the film shown, naturally. And then British Information Services which then existed in New York, incredibly submitted the film for an Oscar and we didn’t know anything about it, they didn't tell us, and we suddenly heard one day you've won the Academy Award. So we said oh, that's ver[…]

[…]s Western Electric and it gave far superior results to the old Visatone which I had been used to before. In fact the sound department won a Hollywood Oscar in 1939 for the sound recording on Goodbye Mr Chips which starred Robert Donat and I think it was the first British film to achieve this award.P[…]

[…]d comes out the other end of a Turkish bath as Blimp. I can’t remember how they did it, and Perinal, this great French photographer who was our first Oscar winner I think – he was [Alexander] Korda’s cameraman, and it took two days. Well, I was used to 40 to 60 set-ups a day at Ealing. You daren’t l[…]

  The copyright of this interview lies with the \british Entertainment History ProjectInterview with Jean KentJean Kent (1921-) is a British film and television actress whose  work spanned seven decades.  Often known for playing bad girls, her film credits include Fanny by Gaslig[…]