Belated Knighthood For Composer Ron Goodwin

[julian_craster]

Primarily for her film work....especially for the two 'Queen Victoria' films (the Palace liked them....good propaganda ! )

[CaptainWaggett]

Who was the first one to get a knighthood just for film-making?

Steve

Carol Reed. It's not seen as a right for directors in the way it is for luvvies though.

[cassidy]

Just think, if there would have been two directors knighted before him he'd have probably been known as The Third Man !!

Carol Reed. It's not seen as a right for directors in the way it is for luvvies though.

[Film Man]

Ron was one of the greatest...but the 'powers' forgot him in his final years...I met up with him at Abbey Road Studios a few months before his death, recording 'incidental music'for television and film companies to use...his pension money, he said. He was upset that an organisation hadn't got back to him for a concert at the Albert Hall...something he would have loved to have done. He was also after cash from a phone company as he had heard a ring tone of '633 Squadron' on a phone whilst on the tube!Although many things hadn't turned out how he wanted, he was very content with life and loved a good laugh!
Film Man.

[Gerald Lovell]

I never met Ron Goodwin, but from the various interviews he gave (including a hilarious radio one produced by Film Man, I believe), I get the impression he'd have found the business of a knighthood a load of missmarples . . .

[ShirlGirl]

No doubt a concert at the Albert Hall would have meant far more to him than a knighthood. What a shame it didn't happen. Perhaps that's something that should be pursued as a tribute to him, rather than a knighthood.

Ron was one of the greatest...but the 'powers' forgot him in his final years...I met up with him at Abbey Road Studios a few months before his death, recording 'incidental music'for television and film companies to use...his pension money, he said. He was upset that an organisation hadn't got back to him for a concert at the Albert Hall...something he would have loved to have done. He was also after cash from a phone company as he had heard a ring tone of '633 Squadron' on a phone whilst on the tube!Although many things hadn't turned out how he wanted, he was very content with life and loved a good laugh!
Film Man.

I never met Ron Goodwin, but from the various interviews he gave (including a hilarious radio one produced by Film Man, I believe), I get the impression he'd have found the business of a knighthood a load of missmarples . . .

[Film Man]

Very well remembered 'Gerald Lovell'...Yes it was a very funny interview...Ron had some terrific anecdotes (many I couldn't possibly have broadcast), when we had a break and went to the canteen...many personalities rushed over to chat with Ron...including David Jacobs and Don black...greeting him as a great friend, in fact we spent longer over tea than in the studio. I'm with 'ShirlGirl' all the way.
Film Man.