Freddie Francis

[…]Hall. We did one pretty horrible film, but a lot of films were pretty horrible in those days, and then I was lucky enough to get tied up with Michael Powell. And Mickey and I became great friends, because Mickey is a terrible bully and he loves it if people shout back at him. And we used to have ter[…]

Harold Myers

[…]paper changing hand, I'd been to the the Moscow Film Festival in 1967 1987 and on the way back on a British Airways flight, I asked the steward for a Powell, and he gave me the choice of the son of the Financial Times. Wasn't much of a choice. I took the Financial Times opened up in the middle, midd[…]

Charles Potter

[…], John Shearman got crack in made some more films, and we made the tour all over again in 3738 and in 3839Speaker 3  30:36  but near enough Powell was that it was the introduction the two cinema coaches, additional cinema coaches, especially unlike mine, in which instructional films were s[…]

Geoff Labram

[…]e a good job at for rather a long time, in the sound side of the motion picture business, because I had been additionally honoured by the President's Award the year before, which I really thought was, was enough. I was so pleased with that, but they have a fellowship. To follow that was really well,[…]

Wendy Toye

  powell Copyright is vested in the BECTU History Project. The subject is Wendy Toye, interviewed by Linda Wood, 20 May 1991, recordist Dave Robson. File 197SIDE 1, TAPE 1LW: Can you say when and where you were born?WT: I was born in 1917, in London, May 1st.LW: Where about in London?[…]

Douglas Slocombe

[…]the time story document. So yes, that's right, and I remember that, who directed that? Charles, Charles the First one, and then yes, and for those in Powell, was also Charles.Unknown Speaker  11:21  He rescued. Rescue, which was intriguing. There was nothing you'd done with him, just tryin[…]

Cyril Howard

[…]mp, that wasn't till 43. I also ran on a Canterbury Tale which was shot basically in Canterbury withSheila Sims, Mickey Powell and Emeric Pressburger. But one film which I loved was made with Robert Newton at Denham,&nbs[…]

Val Guest

[…] thing about this in a humorous way for Arthur Askey to do. I found out that eight other writers had been asked before me so I put on a great Academy Award act that I was furious, insulted that they'd come to me no 8 on the list, and said I will only do this if you accept it that I direct it. They a[…]

Jonathan Balcon

[…]aw a new heaven and a new earth.' The Jewish cousins were a little dubious about it, but perfectly happy. Kenny Moore and that lovely lady who was a, Dilys Powell, gave short addresses. And I gave a small luncheon party afterwards. Kenny wouldn't come because he said, 'We have a great tradition at t[…]
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