Kinematograph year book (1944)

Record Details:

Title:
Kinematograph year book
Date:
1944
Publisher:
London : Kinematograph Publications Ltd.
Volume:
Kinematograph year book (1944)
Leaf #:
000308
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:
November 10, 2022
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290 The Kinematograph Year Book. D. & P. STUDIOS, LTD. (Owning and Controlling Denham Studios and Pinewood Studios.) Denham Studios, Denham, Middlesex. Telephones : Denham 2345 ; Iver 700. Telegrams : Ivertelex 103. Directors : E. Ronald Crammond ; W. H. Cockburn ; Sir Connop Guthrie, Bart., K.B.E. ; W. Mortimer ; Lord Grantley ; J. Arthur Rank, D.L., J.P. ; C. W. A. Ray ; Spencer M. Reis. Secretary M. L. Axworthy. Chief Accountant ... T. B. Stalker. Studio Operation ... R. S. Hinchley. Chief Sound Engineer A. W. Watkins. Chief Engineer ... F. Hauser. Office Manager ...A.V.Hall. Const. Manager ... W. Searle. Still Dept E. Wood. Special Effects ... T.Howard. Denham Studios, All Western Electric Sound Recording apparatus. Four Western Electric mobile sound recording trucks. Five Way Western Electric dubbing channel. Equipped with latest models Mitchell and Debrie sound, silent and high speed cameras. Latest model camera cranes, rotambulators and Velocitators, etc. 165 acres of grounds with spacious gardens, lawns, woods, meadows, and trout stream, etc. Power Station equipped with six Diesel electric generators, each capable of developing 750 KW continuously, and 25 per cent, overload for two hours, capable of delivering over 50,000 amperes at 110 volts for all purposes, or 40,000 amperes at 110 volts can be delivered for two hours to the four Stages. Shops, etc. : Carpenters and Wood Machinists shops (floor space 35,000 sq. ft.), Metal and Engineers' shops, Foundry and Blacksmith's shop, Plaster and Modeller's shops, Paint shop, Electrical Repair shop, Wardrobe workshop, Wig-making Workshop, Scenic Studio, Drapery Workshop, Prop and Model Making shop, Prop Rooms with 31,000 sq. ft. floor space. 14 selfcontained Cutting Rooms, fully equipped, with latest equipment. Stills' Developing, Retouching and Printing Laboratories, Optical Printing and Experimental Laboratories, Scoring Studio with 4,000 sq. ft. floor space. Restaurant with seating capacity for 1,000 persons. Secretary : Leslie F. Baker. Four floors and special effects stage — one 135 ft. by 85 ft., two 85 ft. by 73 ft., one 60 ft. by 40 ft. Recording System : RCA Ultra Violet. Electrical Equipment : Own generating plant, arc and incandescent lighting. Producer ... ... ... Michael Balcon. General Manager... ■ ... Eric Williams. Chief Accountant ... J. C. Palmer. Studio Manager ... ... Hal Mason. Construction Supervisor . . . Ernest Marlow. Literary Editor Stella Jonkheere. Scenario Editor ... ... Angus MacPhail. Casting Margaret Bonnar. Supervising Editor ... Sidney Cole. Musical Director . . . Ernest Irving. Art Directors Duncan Sutherland. Michael Relph. C // ief Engineer ... ... Eric Williams . Cameramen Roy Kellino. Wilkie Cooper. Douglas Slocombe. Ernest Palmer. C hief Electrician ... Jack Ford. Buying Manager... ... F. A Giles. Film Directors ... ... Charles Frend. Basil Dearden. Cavalcanti. Harry Watt Press Publicity M. Danischewsky. GAINSBOROUGH FICTURES (1928) LTD. Studios : Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, W.12. Telephone : Shepherd's Bush 1210. Poole Street, Islington, N.i. Telephone : Clerkenwell 1271. Directorate : J. Arthur Rank, D.L., J.P. (Chairman), L. W. Farrow, Mark Ostrer, Maurice Ostrer, F. del Giudice. Secretary : A. W. Robinson. In Charge of Productions Maurice Ostrer. General M anager of Studios A. Godfrey-Lewis. Studio Managers A. Fennell (Shep herd's Bush), C. J. Hallward (Islington). Director of Music ... Louis Levy. Casting Director Weston Drury. Productions, 1943: "Miss London Ltd.," "Dear Octopus," "Time Flies," "Bees in Paradise," "Fanny by Gaslight," "Give Us the Moon," "Two Thousand Women," "Blue for Waterloo," "Love Story." Pinewood Studios. Five stages: 3 — 165 by noft., 2 — 110 by 82ft. Exterior lots : 48 acres. Recording System : Western Electric Wide Range all mains. Lighting: Direct current supply at 220 and no volts from own Diesel driven power station of 2,500 kw., 22,700 amperes at no volts. Incandescent and arc. lighting chiefly latest Mole-Richardson types. EALING STUDIOS, LTD., Ealing Green, W.5. Telephone : Ealing 6761 (12 lines) Directorate : Stephen L. Courtauld, M.C. Chairman, Reginald P. Baker, F.C.A. Managing Director, Michael Balcon, Gordon W. G. Rayner, Wing Commander A. W. H. James, M.C., M.P. QAUMONT BRITISH NEWS. Film House, Wardour Street, W.i. Telephone: GerrardQ2Q2. Studios : Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush. Telephone : Shepherd's Bush xaio. Produced by Castleton Knight. Commentated by E. V. H. Emmett. Editor R. S. Howard. Production Manager... H. W. Bishop. News Manager ... H. Bromige. Chief Recordist ... A. Bushnell. Recording Engineer ... H.Abbott. Cameramen P. Cannon. S. Bonnett. A. Edmonds. H. Morley. E. A. Candy. J. Turner. J. Ewins. A. E. Aubury.