[…] then wanted a new challenge, but nothing was turning up at the BFI, or anywhere else for that matter, so I took time out for a year, I mean it was a variety of circumstances, but I had a house in Italy at that time so I spent some time down there, not the whole time, and buggered about for a year, […]
[…]Brooks was going to involve himself quite a lot in the film. And by mistake somebody advertised for freaks, you know, and, people like that, in, like Variety or wherever you advertise those kind of things. And the press got hold of this, and they were really unpleasant to Mel Brooks. They said, ‘Oh […]
[…] ballerina who actually I trained, was one of the people 20 I trained with, and Lydia Sokolova was up there. And he had all sorts of people, big variety stars and everything and there was no sound – it was just picture. And one day was up there, I used to go up about once a month, this was all […]
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HISTORY PROJECT - ADOLPH SIMON​[TIME CODE IN ELAPSED TIME]​SIDE 1​Q:​This is the recording by the ACTT History Project on the 16th of October 1987, with Monsieur Adolph Simon, originally French, but now a long resident in England. Mr Simon, tell me when and where were you born? 00:00:20​AD[…]
