[…]film and she would never accept this. And years later when they had a reunion of Monitor and I came having now established myself in the feature film world, she was not welcoming. Well you've used us as a back door to the film industry she said rather tight lipped I thought. Norman Swallow: You[…]
[…]ghs]. And I went in for competitions non-stop and won them all. Eventually there was a competition at the Royal Albert Hall, December 15th, 1926, the World Charleston Championship. I went in for it, I won it and my prize was four weeks' engagement starting at Christmas that year, like two weeks afte[…]
[…] father Humphrey Jennings, who would have been 90 this year, the tribute with a screening of three of the outstanding films he made in England during World War Two. Firstly, an outline on my father's life, thought and achievement. Then the film's giving each a brief introduction. Frank Humphrey Sink[…]
[…] cinema, the curtains going, it was just such a magical world. [TIME 00.03.10] Bu ,t I do remember that the […]
[…]s where the initial influence came from. I mean like all children I used to adore going to the cinema, the curtains going, it was just such a magical world.[TIME 00.03.10] Bu,t I do remember that the one thing that used to fascinate me, as well as what was happening on the screen, was the dancing be[…]
[…]arkers or changes that you could detect now looking back? Well, you must I think relate these things to what was going on in, in the wider world. Mm, these were the Thatcher years and unions were more and more fraught. Mm, [Pause] ACT was broke and I think BETA, which was the sister union[…]
