[…]friends happened to know Leslie Parkin, who at that time was with PFF, one of the joint managing directors, and arranged for me to go and see him.PFF?Production Facilities Films, which was the holding company for the Rank Organisation. I mean all the artists weren’t under contract to the Rank Organi[…]
[…] and arranged for me to go and see him. PFF? Production Facilities Films, which was the holding company for the […]
[…]t . Anyway that film was made in Berlin and we actually have a copy of that film and my mother had a small part in it.Furthermore there’s a wonderful production still that we’ve got of the whole crew in front of this ghastly, cheap looking set. But it’s interesting because it’s got three cameras all[…]
[…]r as he and I was concerned, of doing this picture in Manchester, was a difficult picture, the Rosman Johns thing so on. And I introduced Tony Keyes, Production Manager. And Michael came up there. I did a whole, did the rewrite where every, almost every damn thing, Noel Roberts was casting. And, you[…]
[…]part of a camera team. You then got the experience, but you'd had all the background to start with.Interviewer 3:16 Do you think that the production techniques changed from the time you started to the time you became qualified within the BBC, taking on a senior position?Michael Aldridge […]
E. M. Smedley Aston ( production manager) 1912 - ? by admin — last modified Jul 27, 2008 02:43 PM […]
[…] camera. They always gave you a list of films in production, and I thought I'd love to get round a […]
[…]d that was it. Your food was laid on and the food was laid? Yes, yes, they organised some food, but it was award terribly crude. And if it was a good production, the food was alright if it was a bad production, like, for example, Mother Riley, it was sandwiches or something like that. Anyway, I got […]
[…]ler: Also it wasn't a total film fan magazine. What I liked about it were the stories from behind the camera. They always gave you a list of films in production, and I thought I'd love to get round a studio and see what's happening. So I looked at the films "Upcoming" and I saw that Cineguild had a […]
