[…]ract, it was abstract on that my uncle died and left me a lot of photographic equipment. Also at Stratton school I came in contact with a man called Frank basil. Now that was the Frank Brown, the Frank bevel on the lawn remember, I think of ICT he was the newsreel cameraman, and this was his son. An[…]
[…]my gate, leaving room for the soundtrack. 3. Independent FrameBL: Independent Frame was a process devised at Pinewood. At the end of the war Mr. Rank, J. Arthur Rank, thought that British films needed mechanising - almost mechanising - more scientific. He got a gang of scientists from Watson Wa[…]
[…] said, "I want you to go to a theatre which Rank has just taken over. It's at Marble Arch. It's […]
[…] Having become frustrated with the lack of promotion opportunities at Rank Theatres, in 1951 he went to Pinewood where he […]
[…] the novel of which he’d read while ill. Generally under Rank at Pinewood, he made a series of commercially successful […]
[…]Giesler:Bit of a handicap for a director and actor I would have thought?Roy Fowler:Oh yes it was unbelievable this was all part of the reason why The Rank Organisation took a crash because I have a very fond regard for J Arthur Rank he did make an effort to establish a British film industry with an […]
[…], Ron Parnell came to me one day and he said, "How would you like a sabbatical?" So I said, "Where?" So he said, "I want you to go to a theatre which Rank has just taken over. It's at Marble Arch. It's called the Regal, Marble Arch." I said, "Oh." He said, "It's closed, but Rank are thinking of reop[…]
[…]e war. We didn't see that in London, but in Liverpool - shook me a bit that did.Charles Drazin: So why did Gainsborough close?Manny Yospa: Oh I think Rank took over - was it Rank? Or did Rank take over when Sydney Box...?Charles Drazin: I think Rank bought Gainsborough up when the Ostrers were there[…]
[…]ssful at that, and I thought sales would probably be more interesting and more exciting. So I elected for the sales and went into the office. I mean frankly there wouldn't have been any difference between an office junior in sales and an office junior in accounts because both were equally boring and[…]
