[…]never make and actress. Much better for her to become my, my secretary.’ So for two weeks I rushed up and down all the streets after these long legs, try to keep up with Widgey Newman and we sat and watched Charlie Chaplin3 shorts and I made copious notes in a book which I’m sure Widgey Newman never[…]
[…] you please send um over to HEB two something. You thought –who are the talking about? I don’t understand this jargon and then you had to try and touch-type, and touch-typing figures is very difficult, but it was all the engineering stuff you see and I wasn’t, I couldn’t do this very wel[…]
[…]d I also did one or two illustrations for the school magazine, which wasn't very good, either the magazine for me. Anyway, after I had had two years, trying to behave like a scientist, and failed. My father asked me what I wanted to do. And I said, I hadn't a clue. And he said, What do you used to b[…]
[…] - much to the sort of annoyance of the various old-time camaeramen like Tubby and Charlie Parnell  and Ken Hodges - what’s he doing here? just trying to save me having problems in the cutting room. So I was out there sort of assisting the producers and directing, you know, let’s go into a clo[…]
[…]ar his work again, there was nothing coming out from the BBC. And the decision was made in 1976, to form a society. And the aim of the society was to try and get more of Tony's work back on the radio and back on the television. But just as importantly, to try and collect the recorded works of Tony H[…]
[…]he Royal Academy of Music?Unknown Speaker  4:21  We had piano violin and OdinUnknown Speaker  4:24  Did you have a favourite ministry?Unknown Speaker  4:27  composition? We did Oh,Unknown Speaker  4:33  it's all going very much because this sort of subsidiaryU[…]
[…]ma. The magic of the beam of light coming out you couldn't see where it came from but I knew that when I after seeing a few films I turned my head to try and find out where that being came from. I was hooked. I think it has also to do with the fact that at that time of course throughout the war we w[…]
[…] on the left channel, Johnny when he speaks will be on the right channel. I'm referring to him as Johnny because there are so many Johns in this industry it gets very confusing, as he and I found when we all worked together with about another 18 Johns years ago. But John  started life in b[…]
[…]ony Mendleson : Where?Linda Wood : Ah hmm.Anthony Mendleson : London.Linda Wood : London, yes. Did your family have any connection with the film industry or...?Anthony Mendleson : No not at all.Linda Wood : Not at all...?Anthony Mendleson : Ah hmm.Linda Wood : And, did you go to the cinema as a chil[…]
[…]t of shorthand typing. Away. Can you remember when you started in the film industry. Well yes I can because some it was an accident really in that. I saw&n[…]
