Chief (Mike Williams)
Is part of Mike Williams Interview (incomplete)
Mike Williams interviewed by Richard Wallace
Projectionist Mike Williams describes his relationship with his chief projectionist at the ABC (Olympia) Cardiff, Frank Saunders.
We used to sit and talk, Frank Saunders and I. He was the chief and I was a lowly rewind boy, and he used to tell me about the days he projected silent films with a pianist. Now I feel now, it’s silly really, but I feel I've touched the silent days because I talked to that man ‘cause he talked to me and you knew what he was telling you was the truth. He took me through silent films, he took me through sound on disc on films, he took … He had what he called his treasure chest which was a wooden chest which he used to keep all his mementoes in. And he had so many mementoes of different cinemas that he’d worked in. He knew so much about the cinemas. He was just such an iconic guy, he knew everything about cinema, brilliant man.
Title
Chief (Mike Williams)
Subject
chief projectionist
Description
Projectionist Mike Williams describes his relationship with his chief projectionist at the ABC (Olympia) Cardiff, Frank Saunders.
Creator
The Projection Project
Source
Interview with Mike Williams
Publisher
The University of Warwick
Date
04/12/2015
Contributor
Richard Wallace
Mike Williams
Relation
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7970
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Sound recording
interview extract
Coverage
1956-1964
Interviewer
Richard Wallace
Interviewee
Mike Williams
Date of Interview
25/08/2015
Location
Cardiff
Transcription
We used to sit and talk, Frank Saunders and I. He was the chief and I was a lowly rewind boy, and he used to tell me about the days he projected silent films with a pianist. Now I feel now, it’s silly really, but I feel I've touched the silent days because I talked to that man ‘cause he talked to me and you knew what he was telling you was the truth. He took me through silent films, he took me through sound on disc on films, he took … He had what he called his treasure chest which was a wooden chest which he used to keep all his mementoes in. And he had so many mementoes of different cinemas that he’d worked in. He knew so much about the cinemas. He was just such an iconic guy, he knew everything about cinema, brilliant man.
Original Format
One-to-one interview
Duration
00:00:47
Bit Rate/Frequency
320kbps
Cinema
ABC (Olympia) Cinema, 67 Queen Street, Cardiff