[…]d you see was to allocate, er he more or less set the units in motion. For instance, now "Under the Greenwood Tree" you see the scenario was done by Frank Launder and, er Frank Launder and Many Waters Hoffe, what was his name oh dear oh dear it's just escaped my memory. Monkton Hoffe. Monkton Hoffe […]
[…] big names and I thought this would appeal to the Rank organisation. It was the easiest to do. I actually thought […]
[…]a boy he used to go to the what, weren't they Penny Arcades or whatever?Roy Fowler 11:38 Yes I suppose they were yes. Where they had the crank machines. Yes.Jonathan Balcon 11:43 Yes that's right. And I think this fascinated him. And I think goodness knows where he got it fro[…]
[…]the movement are the first of the Greens, they're the first of the conservationists. If you read the lectures that Morris gave, they're exactly like Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright talks about buildings should grow out of the earth, you know, and so was William Morris. He used to see these bl[…]
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So there you are with a burning ambition to come into the film business, and not being very successful [inaudible].
Well my uncle was Arthur Rank.
Was he now?
Yah.
Oh I had no idea. I was going to say...
No, well...
...before, living in Reigate, whether you knew the Rank peop[…]
[…]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[…]
[…]a proper member. So I told them where they could put their institution. Without any regrets at all, I found them a very stuffy and rigid minded lot, frankly,Interviewer 5:45 would they today with those qualifications be more recognisable? Geoff Labram 5:50 I think so. Be[…]
[…]onscription or volunteering so you didn't know when you was coming out. And there was nothing organised. And the army was in chaos. Any of the middle rank of officers, when I say any, most ofthe middle rank of officers were either over officious because they were hoping to get a long term commission[…]
[…] crises in the British Film Industry I guess, when the Rank Organisation came close to collapse? Vernon Sewell: Yes, really. Roy […]
[…] number?" And I said, "Yes, I can." Well I arrived and to my surprise I was ushered in. And I was ushered in to a room full of Admirals and very high ranking people, amongst whom was Admiral Gordon Campbell who was , if you remember, was a mystery ship, a "Q" ship, a mystery ship man in the 1914 War[…]
