[…]e useful.Alf Tunwell: Well there was er, British Movietone News, there was Pathe Gazette, there was Universal News, there was Gaumont News, there was Paramount News and Topical Budget were either just in or just out, I'm not quite sure. They were just going out, fading out, or they were still in, I […]
[…] to the Sherman Grinberg Library who have the Pathé and Paramount material and to CBS and NBC etc. etc. So, […]
[…] to the Sherman Grinberg Library who have the Pathé and Paramount material and to CBS and NBC etc. etc. So, […]
[…] was Universal News, there was Gaumont News, th ere was Paramount News and Topical Budget were either just in or […]
[…]ineers were so used to dictating what they did, thou shalt use or not use. And then suddenly Of course, it got beyond their control on production was paramount and they had their way I never quite worked out. There's been a fantastic amount of equipment bought on production money and not where it al[…]
[…]e, but for the films to be shown over there - No, they didn't get it! And I mean they - you know, real top people used to come from United Artists or Paramount or whatever and said, "Can we see this thing?" They said, "Yes it's very funny but um..." And I knew what the "but" meant.Alan Lawson: Yes, […]
[…] real top people used to come from United Artists or Paramount or whatever and said, "Can we see this thing?" […]
[…] about the rivalries between the newsreel companies – Gaumont, Movietone, Paramount, Pathé, Universal – are a treat. For instance: at […]
[…], you went to, to see, for an interview with a distributor?Yes, a very, very well known, powerful distributor, and...Y ou...And he...You think it was Paramount?I think it was probably Paramount, yes.Y es.If I think of the name I’ll throw it back. And, just to be his, his secretary there. Ithought of[…]
