Search Results for: Shepperton Studios

[…] on the payroll of any of the big studios. Either Shepperton, Pinewood, Elstree or any of them, MGM. I'd work […]

[…] studio plasterer in various studios including Denham, Riverside, Pinewood and Shepperton. A particularly interesting section discusses the typical day of […]

[…]he fault of the sound department, the boom swinger refused to go into the water, it was a poor man's life boat, it all took place seven waves away at Shepperton. The camera operator should have had an Oscar for it, he spent most of the time, or a lot of the time, in the water with a camera on his sh[…]

[…]ars when I didn't do anything at all - up to the time that I retired at sixty-seven I was never once on the payroll of any of the big studios. Either Shepperton, Pinewood, Elstree or any of them, MGM. I'd work in the studios but taken in with other people, but all those years I was never, ever on th[…]

[…]n by the way, so therefore I had no ties. And if I was working at Denham and suddenly Denham went quiet and then someone would whisper in my ear that Shepperton is going to be busy, there's plenty of overtime there, course I was like everybody else, I was after a little bit of money you see! [Chuckl[…]

[…];television. That's right. That's right. Absolutely. It was too expensive to true to Shepperton. We very rarely shot chef. Although. There were. Occasions when cut off fr[…]

[…] actually knew him?Tilly Day: Yes, I knew him as a cutter, as an editor. He was on 'Matinee Idol' with George King.Alan Lawson: That was at Shepperton, wasn't it? That was...Tilly Day: No, 'Matinee Idol' was at Wembley.Alan Lawson: Oh, was it?Sidney Cole: Oh, the old Wembley[…]

[…] Broccoli. In 1959, Andy Worker became the Studio Manager at Shepperton studios, a post he held until 1976. He then worked […]

[…] 'Matinee Idol' with George King. Alan Lawson: That was at Shepperton, wasn't it? That was... Tilly Day: No, 'Matinee Idol' […]

[…]. 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[…]