[…]t and abrasive on the phone now - he didn't sound very cordial. He said, "Are you doing anything?" I said, "Well I'm working on a picture out here at Elstree." I said, "Why?" He said, "Well I was going to offer you, if you're interested, a first assistant director's job." I said, "Well I am interest[…]
[…]ry, is this during the war? I met David with Joe Craigie. Yes. Joe Foote known Gerson she was her first marriage long, long years before she lived in Elstree. She was married to the man who was a system studio manager be in the studio. And so I met Joe and who was in working for rank during the war.[…]
[…]l the, she did all the research on it, you see.Yes. Where was that made? You said that was Riverside perhaps, or Elstree?Yes, no, no, no, that was in Elstree.Right.Again. I popped over to Riverside and then, at least...We’re still what, mid 30’s are we?Yes, I met my mother-in-law in Elstree studios […]
BECTU History Project - Interview No. 189 [Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: 2002-10-30Interview Date: 1991-03-18Interviewers: Alan Lawson and Manny YospaInterviewee: Leonard HarrisTape 1, Side 1 Alan Lawson: When and where were you born?Leonard Harris: Well I was born here - just up the[…]
[…]o offset herRoy Fowler  21:53  another Otto, Otto candy. Rick. I neverSpeaker 1  21:56  worked with him. I met him when he was in Elstree. He was a tall person. Also came from Czechoslovak, and he was a VIP Of course, as you know. And he was a very brilliant camera man, very stro[…]
SIDNEY COLE, producer, director, editor, ACT pioneer, ACTT activist interviewed by Alan Lawsonc ACTT History Project 1987Tape 1 Side 1AL : Where and when viere you born?SC : I was born in Oakley St., Kennington not very far according to one report from where Charlie Chaplin was born. If the win[…]
[…]to frame.23.14 – 23.27] PM: I’m probably running out of context. DB: Yes. In the cv it says one or two jobs for MGM, about this time. Up at Elstree.PM: Yeah.DB: Or Borehamwood as we know it.PM: Yeah, again because of the making props and stuff like that I got a job with Alfred Junge, who w[…]
[…]nd panned down onto the floor, and there was a cut out showing The Shadows, was in the shadow. And at that particular time Cliff was making a film at Elstree. So I got hold of his manager, who I knew very well. I said, "Any chance of Cliff..." (I told him what I was doing with The Shadows) "...any c[…]
[…]is was British & Dominions?A         Yes.Q         At Elstree. Now that was not what became ABC?A         No. ABC was BIP (British International P[…]
[…] John Morris was an editor and a fella called Bill Rowe was an editor. Now that is not Bill Rowe who (no, no)became er an eminent sound supervisor at Elstree. And the fellow in charge of the library’s name was John O’Kelly and he then went with the library when it moved to Rag Labs. And I think he’s[…]
