[…] he used to do these scripts, you know and he used to take me with him to do the shorthand, Letts, make notes at the studios when he was making these trailers.Oh.And he used to, when he would then do the script and ask my opinion, [Laughter] and I must have been incredibly naive because I used to te[…]
[…] I wasn’t able to witness the effectiveness of this assistance from within the auditorium as my corpsing with laughter when Ted and I had watched the trailers led to him imposing a ban on me entering during any of the screenings lest I ruin the mood. Was I the first Assistant Manager ever to be bann[…]
[…]ow. It's flat Birmingham voice was was a perfect voice for an um, very, um, BBC like trailer Stephen Peet 21:57 where they trailers for his films, or did he make it? Mike Fentiman 22:01 This particular one, he did a couple for me just to just jus[…]
Cyril Page (newsreel and television cameraman) 15/11/1920 - ? by admin — last modified Jul 27, 2008 02:40 PM Description […]
[…]sp; JIM WHITTELL: No there’s no programme to make up, everything now comes on a disc. So advertising films, trailers, and the main feature are all on the disc made up centrally.
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BECTU History Project - Interview No. 389[Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: 2002-002-10Interview Date: 1996-11-06Interviewer: Alan LawsonInterviewee: Cyril PageTape 1, Side 1Alan Lawson: Right um...First and foremost, when and where were you born?Cyril Page: West Ham.Alan Lawson: West Ham. When?Cy[…]
[…]nly in the early days that was all a new venture and pioneering it involved certainly very new concepts. And of course there were no such things like trailers and artists’ caravans. Caterers started off with tents and all the facilities were whatever you could get locally, whether it was artists’ fa[…]
[…] concepts. And of course there were no such things like trailers and artists’ caravans. Caterers started off with tents and […]
[…]hing to do. And of course, children's films, but every now and again, I get a glimpse of Hollywood as it was then. Esther Williams diving into pools, trailers for things like The Postman Always Rings Twice, Lana Turner in white, and I all these things sank into me. And then there were the Bollywood […]