David Croft

[…]s. It didn't arise, I think until I was about 10 or 11 or 12. By which time I had, I did a silent movie, actually. My moment was doing  one advertising movie about making bread. And they found it "This Is Your life", amazingly. And I'm there as a kid. I remember it was silent of course, an[…]

Bob Narduzzo

[…]tives would be scratched into the frame from other projectionists; programmes were made up of second features, main features, newsreels, trailers and advertising slides (they had an egg timer in the booth which measured 15 seconds for each slide); they used to have a stage show on a Wednesday night […]

John Cotter

7 hours 45 minutesJohn CotterThis is an interview with John Cotter recorded by Rodney Giesler on 5 July 1997 in ChargeSomerset. Copyright in this recording is vested in the Becta World History Project.C) John can you tell me a bit about when you were born and about your family background?A Yes, cert[…]

Joe Busuttil

[…]sp; No.  Young fellow - third assistant, he was third assistant, I don’t know who he was.  And I think he thought I was doing something for advertising, I think he was just a bit worried and protective.  I mean he said to me ‘what are you doing these for?’ and I said to him ‘well, you[…]

Bill Ward

This transcript has been produced automatically using Otter, https://get.otter.ai/interview-transcription/.It provides a basic, but unverified or proofread transcript of the interview. Therefore, the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) accepts no liability for any misinterpretation of […]

Derek Malcolm

[…]ink I wouldn't do it because I'm afraid and no, they want me to, because I'm afraid. They're pretty good to me human at all costs virtually. And also advertising the BFI wider and wider, wider, which is a good thing, but it's worrying that the festival gets huge crowds every year. But when those sam[…]
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