Kinematograph year book (1944)

Who's What in the Industry. 249 William M. Morgan. Born 1878. Has operated lanterns since 15 years old and entered the kinema business in 1903 as one of the early operators. Joined London Cinematograph Co., Ltd., in 1908 and afterwards with the Co-operative Film Co., Ltd., Butchers Film Service as assistant manager. Joined Jury's Pictures, Ltd., as manager of B Department in 1910 and in 1913 entered partnership with A. E. Major and was known as the Excelsior Motion Picture Co. until the death of his partner, Mr. Major. Commenced business as the proprietor of Cine Requirements in 1922. Served in R.A.S.C. 1915-1919. Prominent in hospital charity work. Councillor, Lambeth 1916-19 and Holborn since 1931. Clubs : Bartholomew Club, City of London. A ddress : 203, Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. Phone: Temple Bar 4292. E. C. Morris. Entered Industry 1909. Many years' experience of renting and exhibiting. Patentee of the Morris Dividing Kinema screen. General Manager, Scala, Nottingham. Club : — Constitutional. Address : Delemere, Lambley Lane, Burton Joyce, Notts, and Scala, Market Street, Nottingham. Phones : Burton Joyce 3120 and Nottingham 3633. W. Southan Morris. Joined trade 19 13. Managing director, S.M. Super Cinemas, Ltd. and associated companies. Address: 37/38, Golden Square, W.i. 'Phone : Gerrard 4556. A. 8. MOSS. Born 1893. Was manager, supervisor, area superintendent, assistant theatre controller for Gaumont-British and P.C.T. Kinema theatre controller for Moss Empires, eventually chief supervisor and general manager to A.B.C. and all its associated companies, from which he resigned at end of 1942. Member of the executive committee of the London and Home Counties branch of the C.E.A., now joint managing director Grand National Pictures, Ltd. Address : ii 3-1 17, Wardour Street, W.i. Phone: Gerrard 2196 and 2643. George Mowforth. Advertising and publicity manager for Pathe Pictures, Ltd., and Pathe Equipment, Ltd. Entered film industry in 1923. Was with European M. P. Co., W. & F. Film Service and Gaumont British, and was for some considerable time publicity manager for Standart Organs ; theatre manager for United Picture Theatres and publicity manager for British Lion. Address: Film House, Wardour Street, W.i. Phones : Gerrard 4314 and Farn, Kent, 3266. Mae Murray Educated first privately, and then Paris ; entered advertising in 1929, becoming Director and Secretary of the Company in 1930. Worked for two years (1933-5) with the late W. H. Adcock, Literary Editor of the Daily Express. December, 1935, joined Maurice Ostrer, of Gaumont British Studios and became Studio Publicity Manager of associate company, Gainsborough Pictures, in 1936. Became Director of Publicity of General Film Distributors, March, 1940. Resigned to join production side of the business, 1944. Address: 127-133, Wardour Street, W.i. Phones: Gerrard 7311 and 9020. Fred W. Morrison. Trustee to the C.E.A. and member of the General Council, F. VV. Morrison is one of the delegates of the Northern Branch. He was one ot the original founders of an association of kinema exhibitors which was formed in Newcastle in the infancy days of the Industry, and be represented that district at the Birmingham Conference which gave birth to the C.E.A. Born in 1873, he began life as a newspaper boy in his native city, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Club: Newcastle Rotary. Address: " Greenbank," Dunston Bank, Dunston-on-Tyne. Phones : Gateshead 11, and Dunston 84320. M. C. Morton. Born in London, 1900. Entered film trade January 1919, on leaving Army, with Ruffells Bioscope, as salesman at Cardiff branch. Opened Cardiff branch for Universal Pictures. Associated six years with Graham-Wilcox Productions. Formed his own independent renting company, Morton Lever & Co., Ltd. Was five years London branch manager of Radio Pictures, joining them at their inception and leaving to become general sales manager of Twickenham Film Distributors, Ltd. Address : 409, Endsleigh Court, W.C.i. Phone: Euston 4994. John B. Myers. Born 1904 ; joined the industry as publicity manager for Paramount British in 1930. Later represented group of stars and directors ; joined London Films on inception of company as publicity and advertising director, 1932-9. In 1939 formed his own company Arrow Publicity Ltd., acting for various film and commercial companies. At present with R.A.F. Address: Sackville House, 40, Piccadilly, W.i. Phone: Regent 1801. S. Myers, General manager, British Lion Film Corp., Ltd. Born 1896. Joined Stoll Film Co. 1918. Joined British Lion 1928 as general manager, which position he still holds. Address: 76-78, Wardour Street, W.i. Phone : Gerrard 2882. Anna Neagie. Formerly Marjorie Robertson. Ingenue in " Chinese Bungalow," "Should a Doctor Tell ?" "Good Night, Vienna," "Little Damozel," "Flag Lieutenant," "Bitter Sweet," "The Queen's Affair," "Nell Gwyn," "Peg of Old Drury," "Limelight," "Three Maxims," "London Melody," "Victoria the Great," and " Sixty Glorious Years," " Nurse Edith Cavell," "Irene."