Dave Davies (DD)Laboratories – Production Controller (Technicolor)BECTU No. 230Interviewers: Alan Lawson (AL) and Syd Wilson (SW)Date 27/11/19912 Tapes Side 100:00:00 – 00:03:00 Introductions; born in South Wales, Troed-Y-Rhiw (foot of the hill), 1921; grammar school until 16; moved to West Dra[…]
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[…]th old Hollywood artists, or we had Ricardo Cortez and Sally Eilers, another film I was doing, I don't know which one I was on, but another one was a Sydney Howard picture, Splinters In The Navy, and there was another one which I can't remember. And we went on and on and on and on until, then the th[…]