[…] war. Nobody bothered and I never heard of muchabout people joining but he said you really should join the ACT, it'sessential we should have a strong union after the war. And I think Itook his advice. I don't know who it was, I think I joined through Ron.There was a famous shop steward at Denham aft[…]
[…]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[…]
[…]as taken out of his hands with national agreements affecting pretty well everybody but Roy wanted, really, a tight deal whenever he could get it. The Unions, on the other hand, I always thought it at the time, I could understand it but I always thought at the time, a little foolish because they want[…]
[…]mething.And it’s especially going to be difficult to maintain when the closed shop is no longer legal. It will cause problems. Sheila, you joined the union then at the time of Blue Max?Well, this was Bells of Hell.Bells of Hell, sorry, yes. The Bells of Hell.I can’t remember it now, w[…]
[…] longer legal. It will cause problems. Sheila, you joined the union then at the time of Blue Max? Well, this […]
[…]8.44 - (Re union membership). At BBC I was one of very few ACTT members. I thought ABS was a house union whereas ACTT was real muscle. At Kensington House, Chron[…]
[…] producer/director section. I was involved very actively with the producer/director’s unit of the ACTT. I was a very active member of the union. So what I’m going to tell you… I have to tell you that before what I’m going to tell you. I went from Pinewood, we went from Pinewo[…]
[…]ed a film on this. It was a very interesting piece of labour relations because they were having a lot of discussions before it started with the steel unions on redundancy and it was extremely well worked out, and then I was off that and they spent 1000s on filming a girder being moved because it was[…]
[…]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 […]
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