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Meet the Pioneers OTTID:457777
This Sporting Life
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In 1948, the managing director of the Richard Sutcliffe Limited company was looking to record its origins and processes. Desmond Sutcliffe and his wife, Lois, an acquaintance of Lindsay Anderson’s, chose the young critic. The result is an insightful record of industry and the working class that, like THIS SPORTING LIFE, is set in Yorkshire.
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Lois Sutcliffe Smith on Lindsay Ander...
Lois Sutcliffe Smith, who gave THIS SPORTING LIFE director Lindsay Anderson his first opportunity in filmmaking with MEET THE PIONEERS, remained a close friend of Lindsay’s. This video interview with Smith was recorded in March 2007 in London.
