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[…] Royal family; newsreel cameraman; about Gerald Sanger and J Arthur Rank; about Mr Bateman – accountant for Rank; expenses and […]

[…]in 1948 and Pinewood had reopened 18 months beforehand in 1946, and you might say I haven risen from the ranks since I came back, because coming back in 1948 I  joined the Secretarial  Department as assistant to the comp[…]

[…] Deutsch, who owned the Gaumont-British at the time, just when Rank came into it - I think Rank came a […]

[…] said, "I want you to go to a theatre which Rank has just taken over. It's at Marble Arch. It's […]

[…], 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[…]

[…]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[…]

[…]when I got home, me Mother had a shock, because I must have knocked about two stone off meself! It was a very hot day and I never ate anything, just drank - on an August bank holiday - and then I cycled back. Anyway, to get back to George, we hit it off well by going to the theatres and cinemas, you[…]

[…]nbsp;              But I rang them to say, you know, I did pull a bit of family rank in that sense, the onlytime I’ve ever done it in my life, but it was too important not to do, and said look, I want to go into film, these are th[…]

[…]he Mystery of the Marie Celeste. She joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service during WWII and subsequently returned to the film industry, working for Rank and Hammer studios among others. Her final film was One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975). SUMMARY: This interview, conducted by Alan Lawson and[…]

[…] WWII and subsequently returned to the film industry, working for Rank and Hammer studios among others. Her final film was […]