Life at the top
Dear John, I was interested to see your web site of your interest in Life at the top. I have a keen interest in the film myself, as, when I was 24 years old I spent two days working as an extra in Bradford. I spent one day in the Wool exchange with Lawrence Harvey & Honor Blackman. The second day was in the Bradford Town Hall with Lawrence Harvey & Donald Wolfit, of which I have a photo that was taken by a local newspaper during rehearsal with Mr Harvey in the foreground and myself looking bored in the background.
..............send us a copy and we'll put that on the blog as well.
I have only seen the film twice, and the first time I did not see myself, but the second viewing at the Bradford Film Festival I was able to identify myself quite easily in the Wool Exchange. I do not collect films, so I would not be able to make any swaps but would be interested if you could bring yourself to part with it for a sale.
...........I cannot sell copies as I would leave myself open to accusations of piracy. Copies I can "swop". See if you can find something in a local second hand/ charity/ video shop to swop, or make a copy off TV and we're in business. My wants list attached. And what about our advertisers................try them
,..............best wishes
.......John Tunstill
posted by Mike Day @ 12:35 AM
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Hi there, I was interested in your saying you had been an extra in the Wool Exchange with Honor Blackman in Life at the Top. Waterstones has a booklet with snippets of oral history. Included is a photo of Honor Blackman on site. Behind her among the extras or merchants etc is a man in a hat smiling. He is my brother who was both wool merchant and theatre and film critic. Do you know anything about the photo? His name was Ossia Trilling but he died in 1994.
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