BECTU History Project - Interview No. 51 [Copyright BECTU] Transcription Date: 2002-11-18 Interview Date: 1988-08-19 Interviewer: Roy Fowler Interviewee: Andy (Adrian) Worker Tape 1, Side 1 Roy Fowler: An interview with Adrian, otherwise known as Andy, Wo[…]
[…]man you talked about marigold. Did you work on that? No, no, that was made at Denham.Unknown Speaker 24:25 No, dead men's shoes. That was Elstree.Unknown Speaker 24:30 No,Unknown Speaker 24:32 I see. So that was, that was really, that was really the, the the end o[…]
[…]very day, on the way to Beaconsfield Studios.DB. Denham was built by Korda, wasn't it, to be a rival to Hollywood.PS. Oh yes... Because he started at Elstree. I didn't know him, but I knew of him. Pinewood, of course, he had a studio there. The two were always linked together. In fact I think you sa[…]
[…] a friend andUnknown Speaker 2:13 a girl actually her uncleUnknown Speaker 2:16 was the chief engineer at VIP studios in Elstree.Unknown Speaker 2:23 He said, Why don't you come and join us in the film business?Unknown Speaker 2:27 And quite hones[…]
[…]ctors on those Formby pictures or not?WR: [exclaims] No, oh I’ve missed out Joe Rock. I went to Joe Rock’s after, I mean British National. 3.26LH: At Elstree.WR: Noel Silvano ? was there. Not a lot to talk about: Charlie Reynolds was there who had quite a lot to do with the ACT, and I think we had a[…]
[…] my first 'Ring' no less that was way back - Bruno Valter, Covent Garden - and he asked me if I'd be interested in becoming a sound recordist at Elstree. Well of course nothing could possibly have interested me more because way back in, as a child there was an uncle who as it were co[…]
behp 0629-t-harry-fowler-transcriptInterviewee: Harry Fowler [HF]Interviewer: David McGillivray [McG]With occasional interventions by Mrs Catherine “Kay” Fowler [KF]Transcription by David Sharp.NB: Some background noise is present from time to time. Where possible I have clarified points made, and i[…]
