[…]ook round and to shed a few tears at tales and memories of happy times shared collectively at this unit. The site opened on September 7, 1931 (as The Paramount) and had proudly served the North East for 71 glorious years. CHAPTER 12 THE NEW BEGINNING - November 28, 2002 It was a case […]
[…]there’s no grain, that was the big thing. But of course, when CinemaScope came out it was now the big wide screen and Rank went into VistaVision with Paramount. The big problem was cameras weren’t ready at that time, I don’t know if you’ve ever seen one, but before they arrived there was a camera te[…]
[…]s there… is that not an issue?CM: No, I think… I mean obviously black-and-white stock is faster and the speed, as we talked about before, is absolute paramount because it means you can shoot without lighting, you can use natural light, so… but I don’t think it’s different I just think the big issue […]
[…]m more seriously.… I made a lot of trips to America. I went to New York a lot as well and went to the Sherman Grinberg Library who have the Pathé and Paramount material and to CBS and NBC etc. etc. So, it was all terrific. Â
[…]der, okay? "Beyond Borders", yeah. Kent Houston  30:13  "Beyond Borders", again, was a job for Martin Campbell. It came from Paramount, and it's a lovely film, really, about international medical relief and charity. Again, didn't do terribly well in the box office, but a gre[…]
[…]ings and and then, because I was doing these films, other people became interested, you know, and I found that I got offers from 20th Century Fox and Paramount, whatever you know, You know, the way it goes, you kind of snowball, a bit of a reputation, and suddenly you become flavor of the month, you[…]
[…] was that the stage show would be covered by the whole of the shift in the spot gallery, under Mick because he was red-hot on spots, having come from Paramount and places like that where they had big stage shows. And he said, "It means I've got to leave the projection to you, Dave." I thought, "Well[…]
[…] in turn todo the royal rota. And when BBC - I went to BBC television - they had a newsreel royal rotacomprising of all the five newsreel companies - Paramount, Gaumont, Universal, Pathé - four -and BBC and ITN had a rota, they had their own rota, because we were dealing in 60mm andthey were dealing[…]
[…]r: It was a continuous operation? E.M. Smedley-Aston: Pretty well, yes. Roy Fowler: Yes.E.M. Smedley-Aston: We made for Paramount, we made for MGM and we made for somebody else, I forget. I don't know whether you would like to have - I mean the other day I noticed one o[…]
[…]n dramatic. And I assume that maybe he nearly got run over. But I don't know because that's the only image I've gotAlan Legard  11:31  1931 Paramount Skippy, and directed by Norma TurogRichard Marden  11:38  written by Joe MankewichAlan Legard  11:39  by Jor Mankewich J[…]
