I would like to thank the following Ealing veterans for their memories of working at the studio, without whom this book would not have been possible.
Christopher Barry (assistant director)
Lord Michael Birkett (personal assistant to Michael Balcon/assistant director)
Betty Collins (personal assistant to Alexander MacKendrick)
Ray Cooney (child actor)
Peggy Cummins (actress)
Norman Dorme (art department)
Alex Douet (camera assistant)
Rex Hipple (sound department)
Maureen Jympson (administration/casting department)
Mandy Miller (actress)
Peter Musgrave (sound department)
Madge Nettleton (production secretary/continuity)
Gerry O’Hara (assistant director)
Joan Parcell (production secretary)
Nicholas Parsons (actor)
David Peers (assistant director/production manager)
Tom Priestley (editorial department)
Tony Rimmington (art department)
Maurice Selwyn (runner/clapper loader)
Ronnie Taylor (camera operator)
David Tringham (assistant director)
Ken Westbury (camera department)
Robert Winter (editorial department)
Also many thanks to Joanna McCallum for sharing her memories of her parents, Googie Withers and John McCallum, and to Sylvan Mason for allowing extracts from her father Jack Whittingham’s film diary. And special thanks to Charles Barr and James McCabe.