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[…] The last days of the newsreels: Jim Wright at British Paramount News; John Davis; Candy’s retirement and building up British […]

[…] in those days was the newsreels. They were in everything, did everything. So I wrote to there were five New Zealand companies in those days that was paramount, universal pathing, movie tone and go more British. And I wrote to Goon British, and I wrote to Paramount, and I didn't write pathing, but I[…]

[…] Projectionist (discussion of early sound systems) Late 1930s -40s - Paramount News 1940s - Army Kinematograph Service (AKS), Pinewood. 1940s […]

[…] End Projectionist (discussion of early sound systems) Late 1930s-40s - Paramount News 1940s - Army Kinematograph Service (AKS), Pinewood. 1940s-60s […]

[…]e I wanted to do personal films myself. But suddenly I was offered to take paramount. So I became vice president of a paramount company in America. Really chair[…]

[…]our or five months and he sent for me. I went up and saw him in the box. He said, "I've got a nice job for you." I said, "Oh, what's that?" He said, "Paramount News, over at East Acton - the jobs yours, I've been in touch with them." So I went over there and we get round to now an entirely different[…]

[…]e joined to begin with and then a few years later possibly 1930 31 British Paramount decided to start a newsreel and he joined British paramount. Jimmy can I&nb[…]

[…] Lawrence of Arabia . Then had a year contract with Paramount, then worked in Canada and freelance with Hall Wallis, […]

[…]tinuity might get bigger his money in the bank. And that was the attitude. So off the casino came I was then a battle that guy from Western had built paramount. And bad Owen Stein had been taken by Paramount from United Artists to head the European operations side paramount and they had a sick pictu[…]

[…]was it relatively gradual and what was the attitude towards background effects versus music. I can remember MGM seemed to say that dialogue had to be paramount and intelligible above all else. This is judgement from my experience on The Hill when I first went in there.John Aldred: I think it was tru[…]