[…] So she said go and see Jim Porter who was production manager at Shell. Jim said he had a full complement […]
[…]working in huge shows. There was automation coming in. There was no extra money. So I dreamt up this thing that still goes on to this day, called pre-production meeting. So I said, “Well, what we should have is, is a pre-production meeting. And every pre-production meeting, we get extra money for we[…]
[…]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 […]
[…] Highgate 20:00 place, and he encouraged me to go into television, and so I applied for a job in television. And I got a job as, what was then, production secretary, it was called and my first job, this was working on ‘This Is Your Life’ with T. Leslie Jackson; who died about six months ago, I[…]
[…]your entry. It’s... You said Tom White. He was an independent producer at Pinewood wasn’t he?
No, he... Yes, he was I suppose, yes. He was head of production wasn’t he?
Um... Well, production management I would say.
Yes. Yes, yes.
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[…]some need for a kind of group to look at the various professional problems so ASLIB started this, [TIME 22:29] I think it was called, the Film Productions Librarians’ Group. It was a bit strange. So, I became involved with that and they had meetings, etc. and one of the people who[…]
[…]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[…]
[…] union restraints. And the fact that someone could turn round, production manager, and say you know how much that’s going to […]
[…]when I took over producing Saturday Club, I obviously did get to meet them more regularly and get involved in it. 25:50 MDTell me about the production team… working on Saturday Club… I mean… the kind of characters… the people who you fondly remember now. BAMost of the rest of th[…]
[…]oting at Cannon. I think they were making the thief of Baghdad then and uh production stopped. The Americans went back to America and uh everyone thought there […]