[…] was born in Kilburn. His first job was as a projection box boy at the Prince of Wales Cinema (ABC), […]
Introduction The History Project interview recordings were the first major oral history project of its kind; to record the working lives of […]
[…]n, Dr Roads and Noble Frankland converted what had been the old theatre in the Bedlam building where Imperial War Museum was based into a cinema with projection facilities capable of projecting nitrate film, also with a soundproof booth at the back of the auditorium where one of Dr Road’s schemes wa[…]
[…] And my father use somebody for the film society called Lou Hines who ran a dubbing Theatre in London. And he said he thought he could get a job as a projectionist. So as 18 years old, I went up to telephone services and Baker Street. This was a dubbing face. We've just passed over the poetry that d[…]
Name of interviewee Susan Crockford DRAFT Tape 1 Side AThis transcription was provided in 2015 by the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, Leeds University) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co- Investigator, De Montfort U[…]
[…]in the 20s had been converted to sound. And don'tknow whole story here, except that it was the only cinema I've ever been into they've had back projection. Because as it fronted on to the main high street there was no room to put projectors there. So the projectors were at the back at right an[…]
Jan Zilliacus Tape 1 Side ACOPYRIGHT: No use may be made of any interview material without the permission of the BECTU History Project (http://www.historyproject.org.uk/). Copyright of interview material is vested in the BECTU History Project (formerly the ACTT History Project) and the right to publ[…]
BEHP transcript DisclaimerThis transcript has been produced automatically using Otter, https://get.otter.ai/interview-transcription/.It provides a basic, but unverified or proofread transcript of the interview. Therefore, the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) accepts no liability for[…]