[…]waters there anyway. So insofar as the cats, Columbia, amateur theatrical society was concerned. We used to for gather it, as I say, in the recording studios at petty France, just by the station here, not here, but station which was an absolute joy for me. Of course, I was, you know, getting near, i[…]
[…]. 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 photography.R. F. What was the year[…]
[…] Film Studios (Islington) in Poole Street. He first visited the studio as a child during the filming of Woman to […]
[…] Day: Wood Street, Walthamstow. The old Wood Street, Walthamstow film studio. I'd never heard of the film studio, I thought […]
[…]ler:Absolutely. So the outcome of that was the book. Previously I’d been meeting people all over I was a regular visitor to the studios by kind courtesy of various individuals, especially Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger who were very indulgent towards me so I was on the s[…]
[…] where they did get collection and eventually one of us had to take them up to the lab because the labs were in those days. The labs were joining the studios. So as a matter of taking them crosswind hours remember I used to put them in the wrong place and but girdlestone bills girdlestone was out th[…]
[…] wanted to be in films if at all possible was there a sudden stroke of good fortune which enabled you to do that or did you write a lot of letters to studios?John Aldred: I didn't have to write any letters to anyone. As you know Peter being in the industry there is now here was no recognised method […]
[…]APHY: Tilly Day worked on over 300 British films between the 1920s and 1970s, most particularly as ‘continuity girl’. Her career began at Walthamstow Studios in the 1917 and she received her first credit in 1935 for The Mystery of the Marie Celeste. She joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service durin[…]
[…] get over the union rate there, at this time the studio was very busy, employing 13 sound crews. He worked […]
[…] stayed there for a couple of ye ars and then I thought I've got to get out I must get into production I want to get to production I want to get to a studio. And at the time there was a company formed called Allied filmmakers.SPEAKER: M11With Jack Hawkins Guy Green.SPEAKER: M6I think Brian Conover I[…]
