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[…]Really? Because he's been out there some time now hasn't he?Jim Shields: Yes.Lionel Strutt: I thought they'd picked up again out there with all these special TV films, you know all the multi-media type films, they call them...Jim Shields: Yes, but it depends you see, he was sort of does this busines[…]
[…]ot very clear memories of that.R. F. What was the family background? What did your father do?C. D. Oh, he was a painter, the same as myself. He was a specialist. He had a commercial studio in London and he became very very well known as a commercial still life painter. That is before the days of pho[…]
[…] hopeless task really.Roy Fowler: One of the most noticeable thing to me in British films at that time are the extraordinary cut glass accents which especially the women had. Real white telephone stuff. Those two shows in the West End. How did a rising young actor regard the motion pictures?Robert B[…]
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[…]I don't think it's a very good term low budget films. I've seen people working or pictures working at Shepperton when I was there. And the problems, especially if they're not necessarily non budget bullets, but low budget films they faced was quite unbelievable. I mean, there was lots of problems th[…]
[…]MAN: Pretty well, yes. [Laughter] Pretty well, in spite of my parents’ fears. Yes. They wanted me to do all kinds of things, especially for Christmas shows, so I just joined in with the cast. A lot of fun.DARROL BLAKE: (TIME 14:27) All live, of course.NEVILLE WOR[…]
[…]he fourth one was Jonathan. And we discussed three ITV programmes. I mean, like Coronation Street World in Action and something else. As it's kind of special. We're discussing ITV programmes, and I can remember Rex Morford saying, I was in the loop having a leak, and Rex came through in the next doo[…]