Kinematograph year book (1944)

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British Studios. 293 PATHETONE STUDIO. 103/9, Wardour Street, W.i. Telephone: Gerrard 5701. One floor, approximately 50 ft. by 50 ft Production Manager ... F. Watts. Studio Manager ... J.Brewster. Sound Recordist ... George Newberry. Scenario Editor ... E. Eve. Art Director S. Savoie. Chief Electrician ... J.Williamson. Chief Carpenter J. Brewster. Chief Cameraman ... M. Redknap. Publicity G. Mowforth. Recording Systems : — Ambiphone and Visatone. Lighting Equipment : — Three banks of 24 500 -watt lamps on runners suspended from roof. Fourteen filament spots from 2,000 to 5,000 watts on wheels and telescopic stands. Six filament broadsides, etc. Arc spots, 1 100-amp. choked arc on travelling cradle ; two 50-amp. choked arcs ; two 100-amp. floods ; two 35 automatic broadsides, etc. Max. amp. available over 1,000 amp. at 110 volts. One 220 volt line to carry 100 amps. Productions, 1943 : Pictorial Revue o 1943 (Producer — F. Watts) ; various com. mercial and propaganda productions ; numerou Pathe weekly productions. P1NEW00D 8TUDIO8, LTD. PlKKWOOD, IVER HEATH, BUCKS. Registered Office: Pinewood Studios. Directorate : J. Arthur Rank (Chairman) ; E. Ronald Crammond, Lord Grantley. Charles Boot, H. J. V. Hake, Spencer M. Reis, W. H. Cockburn, M. L. Axworthy (Secretary). PUBLICITY FILMS, LTD. Filmicity House, Upper St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C.2. Telephone: Temple Bar 5420 Studio : 269, Kingston Road, Merton Park, S.W.19. Telephone : Liberty 4291. Directorate: E. P. L. Pelly (Chairman and Managing Director), E. W. Beckett Ward Burton, A. T. Burlinson, F. A. Hoare, F. S. Box, H. V. Purcell. RIVERSIDE STUDIOS, LTD. Crisp Road, Hammersmith, W.6. Telephone : Riverside 3012 (4 lines). Directors : Jack Buchanan, J. Donaldsonhudson, R. H. Shipley, R. J. Eagle. Two Stages. Recording Systems .-—Two RCA Ultra Violet recording channels, four RCA re-recording channels. Visatone Noiseless Track Recording. Visatone 3-Channel Re-recording. Studio Manager and Engineer P. L. Kendrick. Chief Sound Engineer... G. Burgess. Recordist S. Jolly. Chief Construction ... P. Dukelow. Productions, 1943: "I'll Walk Beside You" (Butchers), "Rhythm Serenade" (Columbia-British), "Somewhere in Civvies" (Butchers), "Headlines" (John Corneld Pd.), " It's in the Bag" (Butchers), "Demobbed" (Butchers). SCOTTISH FILMS, LTD. 26, India Street, Glasgow. Telephone: Central 9377-9378. Directorate : Malcolm M. Irvine, M. A. Irvine Stanley L. Russell. Recording System : Albion Truphonic. Processing Plant : Debrie and Vinten. Film Director S. L. Russell. Producer M. M. Irvine. Cameraman ... ... Henry Cooper. Librarian ... ... Annie Forrest. Productions, 1943 : M.O.I., Industrial, News Reel. SOUND CITY (FILMS), LTD. Studios and Administrative Offices : Sound City, Shepperton, Middlesex. Telephone: Chertsey 2211/8. Chairman and Managing Director : Norman G. W. Loudon. Studio Manager P. Bell. Technical Supervisor . . . Baynham Honri. Chief Engineer ... ... R. J. Duxon. Recorder L. Wilkins. Studio space : 7 stages — 2 size 150ft. by 120 ft.; 2 size 120 ft. by 100 ft. ; 1 size 100 ft. by 80 ft., and 2 size 70 ft. by 40 ft. Stages can be utilised to give a total length shot of 268 ft., are airconditioned and four are fitted with tanks. 60 acres of grounds, including river, gardens^ woodland, park, jungie, and ornamental lake. Recording Systems : Three Mobile Channels : Two RCA and one Visatone with silent track. Equipment includes latest model Debrie cameras, camera crane, modern lighting, tubular scaffolding, back-projection, play-back, wind machine, 12 cutting rooms, 3 viewing theatres, vaults, post-recording theatre, RCA and Visatone dubbing equipment. Power supply from 5 Ruston Hornsby Diesel engines and electric generators with reserve battery set giving an output of 17,000 amps, at no volts. Scenic docks with large stocks of sets available for use by tenants. Workshops are fully equipped with the most modern machinery and equipment for facilitating the work of carpenters, plasterers, painters and electricians. Catering : A portion of the premises is licensed as a hotel and includes restaurant accommodation for all purposes. The company specialises in the supply to independent producers of studio space with all necessary service. TWICKENHAM STUDIOS. St. Margaret's, Twickenham. Telephon e : Popesgrove 5 5 1 1 . Proprietors : Studio Holdings Trust, Ltd., 44, Brook Street, Mayfair, W.i. Floors. No. 1, 140 ft. by 80 ft. Recording Systetn : RCA and Film Recorders three channel re-recording. Electrical Equipment : B.T.-H., Mole-Richardson, Kandem. These studios have been requisitioned. TWO CITIES FILMS, LTD. Highbury Studios, 98, Highbury New Park N.5. Telephone: Clissold 3784-3948-3785. London Address : 15. Hanover Square, W.i. Telephone: Mayfair 1227 (7 lines). Directorate: Major A. M. Sassoon, O.B.E., M.C. (Chairman), F. Del Giudice (Italian )