This is an amusing extract from Raymond Russell's Author page on Amazon:

As a child my mother dragged me around all of the film studio offices in London's Soho. She was only 5 feet 2 inches tall, like Holly Hunter, but she was a real powerhouse and part-time stage actress.

“Do you have an appointment with the head of the studio?” The snooty 1950’s receptionists would usually ask. She didn’t, but she would…