Kinematograph year book (1939)

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Record Details:

Title:
Kinematograph year book
Date:
1939
Publisher:
London : Kinematograph Publications Ltd.
Volume:
Kinematograph year book (1939)
Leaf #:
00021
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book and Global Cinema
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 25, 2024
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Events of the Yea?-. 15 EVENTS OF THE YEAR. JANUARY. N.A.T.K.E. outlines apprenticeship scheme for Projectionists. Metropolitan Cinema Investment Corpn. records a profit of £7,633 • Cinema, Carlow, destroyed by fire. K.R.S. demands action on 16-mm. public shows. Rickmansworth wins S.O. poll. Scottish C.T.B.F. annual report reveals capital of £22,613. J. H. Lundy forms a new £10,000 company, J. H. L. Theatres, Ltd. J. H. Seidelman joins Universal. Joseph McConville succeeds Seidelman as foreign head of Columbia. Zoltan and Vincent Korda become naturalised British subjects. S. Seeman acquires control of Capital & Provincial News Theatres. L.C.C. demands seat price indicator boards to be exhibited outside kinemas. News Theatre Association formed. John Hay Whitney and David Selznick make offer to buy 60 per cent, interest in United Artists. Paramount cancels Emanuel Cohen's Major Pictures' contract for financing and release of his product. Obituary. George F. Bromhead, Bristol ; Ben McDowell, Belfast ; Joseph Baron, South Shields ; Austin H. Longford, Burnley ; Roden Edwards, Rhyl ; A. F. Gray, Bristol. Transfers. Ritz, Potters Bar, to J.H.L. Theatres, Ltd. ; Alexandria, Stockport, to Jefton Entertainments, Ltd. ; Majestic & Belmont, Aberdeen, to James F. Donald ; Embassy, Gillingham, to Odeon Theatres, Ltd. ; Strathclyde P.H., Dalmarnock, to George Green, Ltd. ; Boulevard, Knightshood, to R. V. Singleton. Openings. — Ritz, Stockport (A. B.C.) ; Princess, Colwyn Bay — reopening (M. A. Kenyon & Son) ; Plaza, Winton — re-opening (H. Mears) ; Ritz, Hereford (A.B.C.) ; Oddfellows Hall, Bristol — reopening (M. J. Parker) ; County Marlow, (County Cinemas, Ltd.) ; Royal, Bury (Northern Theatres), Ltd. ; Majestic Port Talbot (Maxcorne). FEBRUARY. Film grading discussed at joint meeting of K.R.S. and C.E.A. . Washington, Cork, gutted by fire. Lord Horder guest of honour at B.K.S. dinner. Enfield and Slough win S.O. Empire, Islington, damaged by fire. N. Irish exhibitors stand against 50 per cent, rentals. Joseph Schenck elected President of Association of Motion Picture Producers. Leon Salberg leaves £40,099. African Consolidated Theatres sign £6oo,coo contract for film programmes. C.E.A. protests against the treble quota proposal tabled by B.O.T. £250,000 involved in the failure of J. H. lies, chairman of Joe Rock Studios. Strike threat by Hull projectionists members of E.T.U. Transfers. — King's Wimbledon, to Gaywood Cinemas, Ltd. ; Kingsway, Bristol, to A. B . Atkinson and George Rees ; Arcadia, Salford, to Hillary Circuit ; Empire and Hippodrome, Chorley, to Comar Cinemas, Ltd. Obituary. — William E. Marshall, Burnley ; Francis Brigg Hardy, Sheffield; John M. Wilson, Mount Florida ; Theodore Brown ; J. Walker Hicks ; Mrs. Israel Davies. Openings. — Odeons, Norwich, Chorley, Erith, Spalding (Odeon Theatres) Ritz: Hyde, Keighley and Regal Darlington (A.B.C.) , Gaumont, Dorking, St. George's Hall , York; re-opening (G.B.) ; Granada, Welling (Bern-, stein Theatres, Ltd.) ; Metropole de Luxe, Bristol (George Allen) ; Dominion, Edinburgh (Capt. W. M. Cameron) ; Riddrie P.H., Glasgow (B. J. Welsh) ; Plaza, Queensbury (G.C.T., Ltd.) ; Rex, Coalville (C. K. Deeming) ; La Scala, Clydebank (A. B. King) ; Regal, Birkenhead (Southan Morris) ; Clifton, Perry Bar (S. W. Clift) ; Star, Leeds (Goldstone-Cinemas, Ltd.); Regent, Blackrock, Dublin (Associated P.H.) ; Tivoli, Bolton (Arthur Hall) ; Orpheus, Bristol (G. Pugsley) ; Plaza, Whetstone (C. A. Turner) ; Central, Stamford (P. J. Scarlet). MARCH. Major A. J. Gale re-elected treasurer of the C.E.A. P.C.T. pays 22^ per cent, dividend. Strike threat by London projectionists. K. A. Nyman elected C.E.A. President. Rock studios compulsorily wound up. E.T.U. demands Trade recognition. Roy Simmonds made a director of 20th Century-Fox British productions, Robert T. Kane appointed production chief for 20th-century British productions.