Kinematograph year book (1950)

Who's What in the Industry. 55 joined M.P.P.D. of A. (now M.P.A.A.) as European manager, 1933. Address : 15, New Burlington Street, London, W.i. Tel. : Regent 381 1. AMBLER, ERIC, producerwriter; director of Cineguild, Ltd. ; b. 1909; ed. Colfe's Grammar School ; London University (Eng.) ; author ; wrote original story "The Way Ahead"; wrote and produced " The October Man " 1946-7 ; joined Gineguild Board, 1947 ; wrote screenplays "The Passionate Friends," "Madeline Smith." Addresses: Office: Cineguild, Pinewood Studios. Tel. : Iver 700. Private : 16, Pelham Crescent, London, S.W.7. ANDREWS, ALFRED ERNEST, joint managing director Monarch Film Corp. , director Monarch Productions, Ltd. ; managing director Andick Films, Ltd. ; b. 1890. Joined Gaumont Co., 191 1 ; general sales manager, 1927-33 ; general sales manager, Pathe, 1933-43 Addresses : Office : Morris House, Jermyn Street, London, S.W.i. Tel. : Whitehall 95 1 1. Private : 52, Shrewsbury House, Cheyne Walk, London, S.W.3. ANNAKIN, KENNETH, film director, J. Arthur Rank Organisation ; b. 1914 ; ed. Beverley Grammar School. Entered industry as camera assistant ; later assistant director, scriptwriter, editor and director. Films include : " Hobday Camp," " Broken Journey," "Miranda," "Quartet," "Colonel's Lady"; The " Huggett " series, "Landfall," "All on a Summer's Day." Addresses : Office ; Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Bucks. Tel.: Iver 700. Private: " Thamesfield," Russel Road, Shepperton, Middlesex. ANSTEY, EDGAR, Films Officer, British Transport Commission ; documentary producer ; member of Films Council ; vice-chairman A.S.F.P., 1949 ; founder member British Film Academy ; formerly film critic, " Spectator," film critic B.B.C. Address : 5, Petty France, London, S.W.i. APPLEBEE, L. G., F.I.E.S., director of Strand Electric and Engineering Co., Ltd.; b. 1889; ed. Battersea Grammar School ; Finsbury Technical College ; entered entertainment business in 1906. Joined production staff of late George Edwardes, and was responsible for lighting of all Gaiety Theatre, London, productions from 1907 to 1910. Later appointed circuit engineer London and General Theatres, Ltd. ; then joined Grossmith and Laurillard at the Winter Garden, and then transferred to C. B. Cochran. Entered Strand Electric in 1922 as designer of switchboards and fighting apparatus. Address : 24, Floral Street, W.C.2. Tel.: Temple Bar 4444. ARCHIBALD, LORD, director J. Arthur Rank Productions, Ltd. ; This Modern Age, Ltd. ; Pinewood Films, Ltd. Addresses : Pinewood Studios. Tel. : Iver 700. 38, South Street, London, W.i. Tel. : Mayfair 7454. ARGYLE, JOHN F., managing director and producer, Argyle Productions, Ltd. Films include: "The Case of Charles Peace," "The Girl Who Couldn't Quite," "Send for Paul Temple," " The Night has Eyes," " The Hills of Donegal," "The Mutiny of the Elsinor," "The Dark Eyes of London," "Thursday's Child," "The Patient Vanishes," " My Irish Molly," " Door with Seven Locks," "The Tower of Terror," "Traitor Spy," "Dangerous Fingers." Address: 7, Tower Court, West Street, W.C.2. ARNULL, GEORGE, general manager Films de France ; b. 1906 ; ed. Bedford School, Sorbonne Paris and Colegio Quilmes Buenos Aires. In France, 1928, manager Imperial Cinema, Paris ; Reginald Ford's publicity director Olympia, Paris, and Cineac European Newsreel Theatre circuit. 1935, managing director, Automaticket Agents, Paris and Brussels. Formed Films de France to represent in this country seven leading French producers and took over control of the Rialto Cinema, W.i, under an arrangement with Sir Alexander Korda. Has sub-titled in English several French films. Address : 101, Gloucester Place, London, W.i. Tel.: Welbeck 7860. ASQUITH, ANTHONY, film director, b. 1902, ed. Winchester, Balliol College, Oxford. Films include : " Shooting Stars," "Underground," "A Cottage on Dartmoor," "Tell England," "Dance Pretty Lady," "Lucky Number," "Moscow Nights," "Pygmalion," "Freedom Radio," "Cottage to Let," "We Dive at Dawn," " Uncensored," "Fanny by Gaslight," "Quiet Wedding," "French Without Tears," "The Demi-Paradise," "The Way to the Stars," "While the Sun Shines," "The Winslow Boy." Address: 45, Clarges Street, W.i. Tel. : Grosvenor 3312 ATKINSON, J. C, director of RCA Photophone, Ltd. Appointed sales manager, RCA Photophone, 1928. Addresses : Office ; 36, Woodstock Grove, Shepherd's Bush, W. 12. Tel : Shepherd's Bush 1 200 Private : The Cedars, Longford, Middlesex. ATROY, JAMES, proprietor Picturedrome, Lancaster ; b. 1865 ; pioneer of pictures in Lancaster, 1908 ; member of West Lanes. C.E.A. since formation ; chairman for many years. Addresses : Office : Picturedrome, Lancaster. Tel. : 546. Private : 56a, Regent Street, Lancaster. j SCENTINEL 1 (Air-Conditioning Box) I PERFECT DEODORISER FOR TOILETS, ETC. 3 Kill moths, germs and odours. A product of NEW HYGIENE LTD. makers of « GERMSPRAY ♦ "CTIGENA J piNAGENA ♦ CLENACENA J HYGIENE HOUSE 2 66-8 HaHGWAT^^^pON N7 Telephon^^p^^^