[…]ys, I was organising a March, I will come up in a second from the United Front. Now,John Legard 6:58 I remember that film as it was on on television not so long ago, about three four years ago.Michael Clarke 7:03 That's why many of us have a copy of it and Michael are looking[…]
[…] the ACTT History Project. Sydney Newman, Fellow of the Royal Television Society, Executive Producer, Head of Drama Departments of BBC, […]
[…]f you were lucky.Taylor/Peet: Was your early life a great influence on the whole of the rest of your life or influencesthat brought you into Film and Television that were going ahead, comeDenis Forman: I think probably by reaction it did. I mean it was a very holy atmosphere which Ididn't find conge[…]
[…] your life or influences that brought you into Film and Television that were going ahead, come Denis Forman: I think […]
[…] was a very staunch Collins house, all right, so And literally, used to have to sit on my dad and my uncles when the Gaelic Games would come onto the television, and de Valera would have been dragged out, blind as he was at that stage, and, stop me if I'm rambling. And so basically, yeah, so we were[…]
[…]sp;I: And when you were a child were there any, what were your kind of hobbies and interests? Did you have any hobbies that would lead you in towards television? R: Yeah. Well, not necessarily television but certainly media. I used to, I joined the St. Andrew's, when I was about thirteen I join[…]
[…]day relief, but I didn’t take it too seriously because having worked for a tiny bit in the film industry proper, there was that distinct feeling that television was well down the list – it was not regarded as a serious thing. And it was very much ‘them and us’, and I have to say the atmosphere at th[…]
[…]ts in the ceiling all over the place and, when I walked through there, I could see all these shadows on the floor and I thought, 'this must be what a television studio is like!' because on Six-Five Special there was shadows all over the floor so that put me at the idea that this must be what a telev[…]
[…]atthews used to go through everything, I never did anything without writing a part for him. And Arthur Hill who later went over to become quite a big television name in America.RF: You must have some stories about A. E. Matthews.VG: Yes, Matty was a fabulous character, a lovable old man, he became a[…]
[…]ywood, because Hollywood at this time had realised that suddenly people were not going to the cinema and they were actually staying at home. watching television instead. And so they were searching frantically for some gimmick to get people to go back to the cinema and they hit upon 3d. We had, meanw[…]
