David and Jeanne Moore (DM-92-034)

Poster of the 1950s film 'Morning Departure' (Wikipedia site)

David (J.D.D.) Moore was born in 1917 in Crowborough, Hampshire. His father was an officer in the Royal Navy (RN), and his mother had been a governess before her marriage. On leaving school at thirteen, David entered Dartmouth RN College as a cadet, then midshipman from 1935, finishing his Navy education in 1937. In the late 1930s he served mostly in the Mediterranean and during WW2 he was a Navigating Officer in various theatres (Atlantic, Arctic, D-Day, Pacific) In the early 1990s, he wrote to Annette Kuhn about his 1930s cinemagoing, listing and commenting on films that he had seen. Some years earlier he and his wife, Jeanne, had taken part in an interview conducted by Annette Kuhn about their interwar cinemagoing. Jeanne Moore (nee Knight) was born in 1919 in Farnborough, Hampshire. Her father was a solicitor and her mother had been a musician before marrying. On leaving school at the age of seventeen, Jeanne worked in catering with MI5 and at Blenheim Palace. As well as the correspondence and the interview, the Cinema Memory Archive holds an account of David Moore’s involvement as Naval liaison in the production of Morning Departure (1950), directed by Roy Ward Baker (“extremely skilful at getting the best out of the actors”).

Interview audio (audio file only)
Interview transcript | Listing of cinemas, films and stars mentioned
Documents, Memorabilia and Related Links
Scan of document (DM-92-034MI001) | Transcript
Scan of document (DM-92-034PL001) | Transcript
Scan of document (DM-92-034PL002) | Transcript
Scan of document (DM-92-034PW001) | Transcript
Scan of document (DM-92-034PW002) | Transcript
Chroniclers of Picturegoing (News & Blog area)
The Composed and the Heartfelt (News & Blog area)

 

 

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