[…]se days, it was a closed shop. I only managed to get the job because nobody else wanted it, basically. Because any, any jobs have to be advertised to union members first. And so and then as I think I have to wait a few months before I could apply for union ticket, and then as soon as I could, I did […]
[…]. If that's how you know.SPEAKER: M2No I couldn't get a ticket all through them. That was now my big problem because out now I was out of work had no union card and no prospects. I knew nobody at all. Not a soul so I didn't know what to do and I was thinking I'm gonna have to creep back to Boston ag[…]
[…]other things from that time. It's interesting to reflect now, or having lived through the last 10 or 12 years just to reflect on the situation of the Union. aact at the zoo. At that time, the first thing I can remember being said to me the very first thing I read maybe no, maybe not quite as early i[…]
[…]nd believe it or not, I played Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet. That's my only claim to being an actor. Roy Fowler 28:15 Trade union aside , I'm sure. Ronald Neame 28:16 Yes Now at the end of the year, my uncle, who had been trying to run the b[…]
[…]the works committee was named Bert Batchelor. Now I personally found him very friendly, but like everything else, when you hold a position in a trade union, some people like you and some people don't. But I liked the man and therefore I've got some nice memories of the man you know, because to me, h[…]
[…]so sort of dedicated, full of ideas, you know. Probably terribly impatient and, with, when things didn't go their way. And I remember we had a lot of union trouble, but only about things like wanting an extra half hour or something and there'd be a terrific amount of, well sort of petty, I mean at t[…]
[…]issued.Roy Fowler: I thought it came a little later in terms development of technique but youwere thereMaurice Carter: Because we, there was no trade union at that time except for theelectricians. So everybody was called when there was a changeover, you had to rushdown and help shift all the booths […]
[…]ilm services during the war. Thorold Dickinson, after I'd been there, he was very friendly and said I think it would be a good idea if you joined the union, we haven't got too many members but it will one day be very important for you. Would you like to, I'm not going to push you or anything, would […]
[…] I went ther e with a letter to the Cinematographers Union from Anea s [?] Favell, Union head , who […]
