[…]. Stanley was asked whether he would have me and he said yes. Big surprise. That was that was what launched me into features proper. We did a film at Shepperton called surprise package which was unfortunately very bad. No surprises and not not a happy film in as much as it wasn't funny. It was suppo[…]
[…]sack within a few days!Rodney Giesler: But that was a very ambitious project for a British studio wasn't it?Dicky Leeman: It was, yes. It was done at Shepperton. It was done at Shepperton and I think every musician in the world was used on it. Toots Camarata was the musical director. And to me a gre[…]
[…]First day, Chobham Common, Spike Milligan, walking across the skyline, carrying a custard pie. And it was interesting; Chobham Common is not far from Shepperton Studios. In those days Shepperton had their own camera department. And I remembered that, funny enough it brings us back to the 72 filter w[…]
[…]My brother went into the film industry, he was a pilot, a mosquito pilot during the war, and he caught TB, and when he was3rdcured of that he went to Shepperton and became a assistant producer and he worked on Anna Karenina. I remember. I'm trying to think of the films. His first film was Anna Karen[…]
[…]d Mann.CC: I never got to work with him but he was around with Korda a lot, The Shape of things to Come. I sort of saw him round in the 1ater days at Shepperton. Korda brought him back for various odd things. He was an incredible man in the sphere of special effects.KGY: In terms of the work you wer[…]
[…]ars if I was on a Bond or anything like that I used to try and live near Pinewood, I always used to try and get accommodation, or if I was working at Shepperton I would live near an aunt who lives near Shepperton.[20:00]Did you drive yourself to work?Yes, to and from work. I never, well I remember i[…]
[…] Company. But I, I was sort of welcomed. I wasn't just a bystander. I was made to feel like part of the company. And when they, they were shooting at Shepperton Studios, most of the location work was usually in the the studio garden, old or nearby. So apart from a couple of scenes, on the south coas[…]
