Kinematograph year book (1939)
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Events of the Year.
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A proposal put forward to the Conciliation Board of Industry in the London Area by the N.A.T.K.E. for a 48 hour week and a 12I per cent, increase in wages for employees.
David Rose to control Paramount-British production.
Obituary. — Capt. Lewis Davies, Caernarvonshire ; Jacob Levy, Scotland ; G. D. Bradbury, Birmingham ; Arthur Caunt, Morecambe ; B. Wood, Dewsbury.
Openings. — Luxor, Llanrwst (Llanrwst Cinemas, Ltd.) ; Dominion, Bispham (Arthur Hall) ; Odeons, Uxbridge, Llanelly and Pjckham (Odeon Theatres) ; Cinema, Stockton (Cinema (Stockton) Ltd.) ; Regals, Leigh and Derby (A.B.C.) ; Ritz, Carlow, (J. Deasy) ; Ritz, Strathaven (Newton-on-Ayr Picture House Co.).
Transfers.— Troc, Tankerton, to Arthur Fitt ; Palladium, East Bournemouth, to Southbourne Entertainments, Ltd. ; Empire, Blaenau Festiniog, North Wales, to Blaenau Festiniog Empires, Ltd ; Regal, Dunfermline, Rio,Rutherglen ; Rio, Bearsden and Mossbank, Glasgow, to Caledonian Associated Cinemas ; Tivoli P.H., Devonport, to S. H. V. Osborne ; Broadway, Shettleston ; Commodore, Scotstoun ; and Vogue, Rutherglen, to Oscar Deutsch ; New Theatre Royal, Wolverhampton, to S. W. Clift ; Empire, Kidderminster, to Percy Dyche Mascot, Westcliff, to Frank Baker.
JULY.
Joseph P. Kennedy, American Ambassador, appeals to American interests to support the new quota demands loyally.
Middlesex C.C. refuses earlier S.O. permits. John Maxwell resigns from G-B Board.
G.T.C. announce £328,922 profit.
N.A.T.K.E. to press for revision of 1909 Act
Openings. — Ritz, Leyton; Regent, Chatham; Royal, Plymouth (ABC) ; Classic, Dublin (William Callow); Vogue, Govan (Singleton Cinemas, Ltd.) ; State, Southsea (A. Phillips) ; Standard, Coventry (A. W. Pell) ; Odeons, East Ham, Bristol (Oscar Deutsch) ; Clifton, West Bromwich (S. W. Clift) ; Grove, Nottingham (Sam Graham); Rex, Pewsey.
Transfers. — Crompton and Tivoli, Bolton, to Rialto Co.
Obituary. — William Morton, Hull ; T. P. Blakesley, Leicester ; Mrs. J. R. Do verier, Liverpool ; Coun. A. Oates, Sheffield.
AUGUST.
Palace, Creswell, gutted by fire.
Cinema Theatre Council hold conference at Lambeth Palace.
Gaumont to introduce television into the U.S.A.
Norman Loudon resigns from B.I.E.D. board.
Jack Buchanan to produce at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith.
Openings. — Hippodrome, Derby — re opening (County Cinemas) ; Windsor, Doncaster(United Entertainments, Ltd.) ; Futurist, Kidder
minster— re-opening ; Essoldo, Blyth (S. Sheckman) ; Rex, Hindley (J. Livesey) ; Regal, Bridlington (Lou Morris)'; Lido, West Ealing . (Associated Century Cinemas) ; Ritz, Rothesay ; Regal, Bathgate ; Carlton, Sheffield (Sheffield and District Cine. Theatres, Ltd.) ; Rialto, Wednesbury — reopening (Mr. Joseph) Tivoli, Weston-super-Mare, reopening (Cheltenham Cinema Co.) ; News Theatre, Leeds (Allied Times Theatres) ; Cosy Co. Durham (Teesdale Cinemas, Ltd.) ; Odeons, Leicester, Shoreditch, Ayr (Oscar Deutsch) ; Regal, Edinburgh (A.B.C.) ; Apollo, Ardwick (R. C. Roy) ; Essoldo, Newcastle (Sol. Sheckman) ; Rex, Hindley (Tigers Cinemas, Ltd.) ; Mayfair, Thornaby-onTees (Thornaby Cinemas, Ltd.),
Transfers. — Metropole, Manchester to H. D. Moorhouse ; Regent, Dover, to Keystone Cinema, Ltd. ; Ritz, Cheltenham, to Cheltenham Entertainments, Ltd. ; Elephant and Embassy, Shawlands, to A. B. King ; Empire and Hippodrome, Chorley, to A. Snape ; Cinema, Crieff, to Highland Cinemas ; Picture House and Regal, Broughty Ferry to Arbroath Cinema Co. ; Empire Rishton, to J. B. Walsh.
Obituary. — J. W. Wright, Blackpool ; Wilfred Southworth, Birmingham ; Whitford Drake Massachusetts ; J. Protheroe, Norwich.
SEPTEMBER.
British Acoustic and B.T.P. Merge.
Western Electric defeat A.B.F.D. in Kine. Cricket final.
H. F. Smith, of the Carlton, Norwich, wins Kine. Company of Showman Shield.
Openings. — Regals, Harrow Road, Halifax (A.B.C.) ; Gaumont, Holloway (G-B) ; State, Grays (Frederick Electric Theatres) ; Oueen's, Hartlepool (Hartlepools Entertainment Co.) ; Majestic, Notts (Max Nepolsky) ; Majestic, Skelmersdale (R. N. Vickers) ; Ritz, Norwich (V. E. Harrison) ; Avion Aldridge (Avion Cinemas, Ltd.) ; Rex, Blackheath, near Birmingham (W. Cooper) ; Regal, Darlaston (Colmore Entertainments, Ltd.) ; Tower, Goole — re-opening (Savoys (Hull), Ltd.).
Obituary. — A. W. Withers, Birmingham ; E. C. Aspden, Bramhall ; Harry Taylor, Newton Abbot.
OCTOBER.
J. C. Graham resigns from Paramount.
C.E.A. urged to fight test case on bad prints.
Anglo-American takes over M.P. Studios.
George Schaeffer resigns from United Artists to become President of RKO.
New Warner Theatre, Leicester Square, opens, with Duke and Duchess of Kent present.
Failure of £200,000 B.I.E.D. company.
Openings. — Odeons, Deptford, Mile End Road, Luton (Oscar Deutsch) ; Gaumonts, Wednesbury, Leeds (G-B) ; Regal, Edinburgh, Savoy, Birkenhead (A.B.C.) ; Rembrandt, Ewell (Mrs. Gardner) ; Regal, Caversham (H. Sado) ; Ritz, Workington (Graves Cinemas,