Roy Parkinson

[…]ose days.SC: He was directing at BIP [British International Pictures] and places.RP: Yes, he was quite a well-known director. He was making a film at Riverside and so I went there as a runner, generally seeing what it was all about. There was a picture being made On Top of the World at She[…]

Harry Fowler

[…]could have a shufty but-HF: I’m not sure it’s in these here. I did another film with Derrick Demarney; Rosamund John called She Shall have Murder, at Riverside, and that’s not mentioned anywhere.McG: Erm, of course sometimes you weren’t credited, we don’t know how many films you’ve made. Have you ev[…]

Les Hilling

[…]started during the interval (mentions being a prop man at Pinewood and an unnamed French director); his next role was at Twickenham; then a period at Riverside Studios; then on to Pinewood where he got the role of charge hand prop; long hours and lived at Heston; left home at 6:20am finished work at[…]

Bill Cotton

[…]t Ted, he was a great boy. The problem was, as say he did Outcast Of The Islands, he did a think called Rough Shoot I remember. The last film made at Riverside Studios was Rough Shoot, and then the first television programme made at Riverside Studios was a thing called OffThe Record. And my brother […]

John (Johnny) Goodman

[…]ney of the third! And then after that film I got an interview to work for two guys called Bob Baker and Monty Berman. I went down for an interview at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith. I can't think of - Jimmy, Jimmy Shingfield, a very funny character was the production manager. It was in the days of J[…]

Dicky Leeman

[…] on it, and I learnt so much from Walter. And perhaps another man that taught me a great deal was Cavalcanti. I worked with him on a film with him at Riverside later on. But coming back to London Town, I do owe a great debt to Phil Brandon, who was an associate producer on it, who really guided me t[…]

Margaret Dale

[…]ople really sit up and notice was the visit of the Bolshoi Ballet. They came to England with Ulanova. I was able to persuade them to our newly opened Riverside studios. Lime Grove had problems with height etc. Riverside had its own problems with low ceiling which made it extremely difficult when a b[…]
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