[…]t it, I can't even remember who my agent was, probably Al Parker, he was a character.Roy Fowler: Ealing as I remember had three stages.Robert Beatty: Sounds about right.Roy Fowler: Was San Demetrio a big film in terms of the studio.Robert Beatty: Fairly big. They had a model stage as well, which mig[…]
[…]in those days that was with frame, wasn't it, frame development- (That's right.) How many feet did the frame take?Bill Girdlestone: Well, before sound 180 feet, after sound about 280 feet.Fowler/Lawson: That was the dreadnoughts, wasn’t it?Bill Girdlestone: They built the frames so th[…]
[…] of called International Broadcasting Trust, and we thought well, they sound alright. SF: Yes. So we went along to meet […]
[…] later made into the first British feature film with synchronized sound. Other writing credits as a collaborator with Hitchcock include […]
[…] fire the gun. John Taylor: Couldn't they just put the sound on. Billy Williams: There was no recoil, no smoke. […]
[…] many feet did the frame take? Bill Girdlestone: Well, before sound 180 feet, after sound about 280 feet. Fowler/Lawson: That […]
[…]led Glendhu anymore, it was called Glendarroch and in fact that was because my mother's maiden name was Darroch and I thought it had a quite resonant-sounding name and we kind of flew by the seat of our pants for two months! I: And Garnock Way had been produced before that? R: Oh yes! But […]
[…]he union was that a deal had been done I think in the late Forties around, around crewing really, which was about four, four and four, four people on sound, four on camera, four on production, which a lot of the older negotiators were so desperate to keep that they’d, they were determined to keep th[…]
[…]B: The Grip, yes. I knew him as a scene shifter prior to that! PB-C: Really. And we had two electricians. DB: Ah. 25 mins PB-C: A sound recordist, Peter Evans, and an assistant sound recordist. And Peter and myself. Oh, and Dick had his assistant. DB: Barbara Saxon. PB-[…]
