[…]in the ... something to do with films." Because he was keeping tabs on it all as he wanted to find a client for himself. They said they wanted an Art Director. I went along. Now to me luck is the only thing worth bothering about Well, there I was . . . Ralph Hanbury rang me up and asked me to […]
[…]ou a number of years but really I know very little about your early life. When were you born for instance, and where?Charles Cooper: Well I was born June 5th, 1910, in London. My parents actually came over from Russia, from the Ukraine - this would have been about 1893 and they were about twenty-two[…]
[…]use tape-recording wasn't even invented in those days and so they had to record on film if they wanted to repeat it, so that's the way I got into the BBC.DB. The maiden flight of Concorde... That sounds quite... When did Concorde begin to fly...MS. About 25 years ago, wasn't it?DB. 1 thought so... 1[…]
[…]did those but we always did the Senior Service ones and lots of others as well. And of course documentaries for yourgoodself and things for the BBC.AL Of course you did Bill and Ben.GH Flowerpot Men we did yes. We did some of those and something about fish. There was another series[…]
[…]ew. So we were thrown out and I went back to sea in the Merchant Navy until 1925, after which time I was rather tired of the sea, so I applied to the BBC. They took me on as an engineer, and I was with them for three years. Then I got involved in a squabble, nothing to do with me at all, but I put m[…]
[…]od and I'd pick up all these reprints and cut them in, that was my job, and then I did some work on some tests for Alan Dwan on a picture called Suez with Tyrone Power and Annbella, it was a very interesting period.Roy Fowler: When I was working in the States in the 50s an American fr[…]
[…]ky. Monsieur Klein.Reggie Beck: There's another 7.Wyn Ryder: So that's touching 20, it must be almost a record, for one editor and one director. I feel you must be in the Guinness book of Records. And he was prolific. Let's talk about the other directors. Alec Bryce. I remember him as[…]
[…] how you light a set, what's your relationship with a director. Questions that don't get asked on the set because everybody […]
[…]ry Jack Hawkins and detective story. And after that, it was announced at the end of that was announced that the studio was closing, being sold to the BBC. And we were tipped off. So you boys are okay, you will come with us to MGM. And that's great, got no problem. And I was the only person left in t[…]
[…]you one really silly story in a long, long way. Hence, it was worked with a guy called Rick Scott now we did allude to Rick Scott, whose father was a director. Right? He's doing a promotion film for for this for this movie, doesn't matter the movie, anyway. And we were doing this and I was I was doi[…]
