adrian-andy-worker

[…] cost accounting to the studio. When Gainsborough became part of Rank, Worker moved to Denham, working for Rank’s Production Facilities […]

Cy Young transcript

[…] a lot of guys who were in cinemas on the Rank circuit thought it was it might be a backdoor […]

Cy Young

[…]the Odeon in Bristol I suppose there was a lot I can say maybe over 100BG What happened then?CY Well I think a lot of guys who were in cinemas on the Rank circuit thought it was it might be a backdoor into movies at Pinewood but it didn't work out that way. So I thought along all right with them but[…]

Bessie Bond (née Span)

[…]al - he was the sole person - I don’t think he had a secretaryor anything - but he was the sole person who ran - it was a small union - and when Rank Organisation were doing lettering he thought this should belong to ACT because it was associated with films. So I had to sort that out to get the[…]

Brian Shemmings

[…]er was an electrician I was a member of the team you in fact I think Frank Chapel was a charge and it is actually when when Frank Chapel worked for&nb[…]

Interview

[…]th PPMs with Janet Fields with all the bits you would expect to find in an actual broadcast studio. They had a theatre with proper lighting rigs, big Rank dimmer panel and two tape machines with splice-ball edits. So, as well as the entertainment system where the students sort of ran the PA system, […]

John Cotter

[…]absolutely with the camera man. I mean, as I say, you are like brothers and you worktogether. But the sound camera man was, if you put it in terms of rank, a sound camera manwas the top rank. Then, of course, on the newsreels in those days one had no directors. Youeven asked your own questions. But […]

Adrian (Andy) Worker

[…] Fowler: Just the accountant? Andy Worker: Just as accountant, hmm. Roy Fowler: Well, the studio at that point, the company was part of the Rank Organisation already? Andy Worker: Yeah, hmm. Roy Fowler: Ah hmm, so in terms of production finance there was no problem? Andy Wor[…]

billywilliamsbectu-tape4

[…] and we were having meetings with various equipment manufacturers like Rank, who make projectors, I came up with this suggestion […]
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