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Lew Parry interview : [Duffy, 1985]
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1985-08-14 [date recorded] (Creation)
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CALL NUMBER: T4215:0004 RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1985-08-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Experiences as new production manager for Vancouver Motion Pictures (VMP), shooting "River of Paper" on the Queen Charlotte Islands. How Parry was hired away from Neon Products Ltd. By VMP pr;esident Leon Shelly. Films "Limbs to Order" and "Road to Recovery" written and directed at VMP by Parry for the Dept. of Veteran's Affairs; NFB involvement. Another film on disabled veterans ["Valiant; Company"], made by Shelly before Parry joined. Parry's own company made "The Third Freedom", on rehabilitation of veterans. Shelly's problems with Powell River Company. Another film on disabled vets.; Assets of Jack Bowdery's North American Film Productions purchased by Lew Parry Film Productions. Parry's friend Ralph Humble, a sound recordist/technician. Attempt to promote creation of Victoria fi;lm studio. TRACK 2: Bob Reid ran small film lab on Burrard. Wally Hamilton designed optical recording system. Other VMP staffers: Helen Semmens, Maureen Balfe, Shirley Wilson. Shelly shot newsreel ma;terial for Fox and the NFB; also a war-bond trailer for Fox with Bing Crosby. Changing camera work styles and standards. Parry and Homer Powell designed sound recording system. Evolution of Telesound ;Film Recordings, a Parry subsidiary. Sound mixing and recording for film. Did sound work for BC government films. Parry shot footage of Grouse Mountain to promote chair lift idea. Start of questions r;e specific films on Parry's list of productions: Argentine Shipment; A Crown P; Lajoie Project; Ruskin Project; Rehabilitation Inc.; Downtown Parking; Eyes West.; CALL NUMBER: T4215:0005 RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1985-08-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continues discussion of specific films: Franklin River footage for MacMillan Bloedel; Futures In Oil; It Just Makes Good Sense; No Barriers; New Granville Bridge. Production of TV pilot "Nort;h of '53", set in the Cariboo; attempts to sell the series. Loss of material at Parry's old studio after dissolution of jack McCallum's Capilano Motion Picture Centre. More films: Plywood Story; Sal t;he Dream Gal; The Prime Ingredient. Films for Canadian Ingersoll-Rand: Sherbrooke Story; Breakthrough, on the Kemano tunnel, one of Parry's best films. TRACK 2: More films: Sidehill Logging; Soletanc;he; Structural Aluminum; Tidewater Freeway; Dorothy's Dream House; Trend House Tour (aka "Wood Frame Construction"); Turn of a Valve; Who Cares For carol Anne; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Questions; re Parry collection at PABC; Sunshine to Sugar; [McCallum/footage on retardation]; [N.U.L.]; [Roy's Traffic]; [St. Roch]; [Presto Logs]. (End of interview);
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Dennis J. Duffy, 1985-09-05
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- Complete transcript on file.
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- Use Restriction: Credit Dennis J. Duffy.
- Copyright Status: Copyright assigned to B.C. Archives.
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This interview was recorded to supplement those recorded by David Mattison in 1981. See T3844 and 3855.
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speaker: Lew M. Parry, interviewer: Dennis John Duffy
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- Lew Parry Film Productions (Subject)
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