[…]n when I went to Pinewood, it was Rank. But I never saw Rank himself; he wasn’t personally involved. There were people like Earl St. John, who was an executive producer, who did have a certain amount of flair, I think. But otherwise, you dealt really with the producer and the director of whichever f[…]
NB This is a resume only.John Box (JB)Production DesignerBECTU No.463Interviewer: Rodney Gielsler (RG)Date 09/12/19993 Tapes Side 100:00:00 – 00:09:30 Introductions; born 1920 in England but moved to Ceylon; father couldn’t get a decent job after WWI so he worked in a number of remote areas of […]
[…]l great queues outside the cinema in the early-1950s; HM remembers watching the Queen’s coronation at a neighbour’s house; his family got their first TV in 1954; HM remembers watching the first night of colour TV; Stoll Theatre, The Strand; HM enjoyed theatre, opera and ballet.00:18:08 – 00:25:35 HM[…]
