[…]le thing was burned to the ground and at the same time I think Korda was building at Denham and the three Art Directors, because of the chaos, we had sets in the studio that was burned down, next door. They all went to Denham to see if they could get a better job, better pay and left me, they wanted[…]
[…] half (inches per second) and another one for a follow-up machine for change-overs (on playback). 20:02 MDDo you remember some of the artists you were working with? At that moment in time? IN the early days? BAYeah, in the early days… on the transmissions… the transm[…]
[…] seven hundred horses [horsepower. DS] as opposed to 1000 horses. And I learned driving and maintenance, gunnery, wireless transmission on the old 19 sets the A and B sets: that was it. Apparently I came out of that, I was doing fairly well so they sent me to a War Office selection board which is fo[…]
[…]p with something that they knew they wanted a film in celebration of geeks and TV. And that was what I got. AndUnknown Speaker 11:36 that sets you off. AndPaddy Carey 11:39 I'm glad it did well, because it even though I was asking for film, without commentary, I couldn't have[…]
[…] where live in luxury and can afford cars and television sets! Nothing like that. Anyway, my father said, "I don't […]
[…]ckings and shoes and you know, very little. The dole was very, very small. Not like it is now where live in luxury and can afford cars and television sets! Nothing like that. Anyway, my father said, "I don't want you hanging about the house boy. I want you to understand what a slump is really all ab[…]
[…]y ways. I also saw a situation one evening we'd been having a very long day and we'd been using this house at Ardmore in the basement as all sorts of sets a cave on in Room a governor's office a prison prison cells. And the director said well after dinner I want to do the meeting between the villain[…]
[…]bsp;And it was a disaster, it was a terrible film it’s not just a photographed play but it is a very badly photographed play. A wealth of talent: the sets by Oliver Messel and John Byron, not John Box I was going to say John Box.Rodney Giesler:Who was the cameraman?Roy Fowler:Freddy Young primarily.[…]
[…]ce at all. But there was some young man who had recently been to see them and instead of showing them sketches, showed them little tiny models of the sets which was brilliant, because it allows for the camera to pan around. You can’t do that . . . . . makes six drawings. He said "Have you got any?" […]
[…]d to change the schedule in order to use this freeway in Florida which was under construction. I know there was some problem regarding the fact that. Sets were not ready and I know there was a lot of ramifications which at which escalated the cost of that film colossally but whether Don was privy to[…]
