Kinematograph year book (1950)

Who's What in the Industry. 71 FENNELL, FRANCIS, general manager and director, Regent and Imperial, Blackpool, b. 1894 ; ed. Market Drayton, Salop. Secretary Regent, Blackpool, 1925 ; appointed general manager and secretary, 1929 ; Imperial, Blackpool, 1931 ; director 1945. Addresses: Office: Regent, Church Street, Blackpool. Tel. : Blackpool 21357. Private : Frandor, Lodge Lane, Little Singleton, North Blackpool. Tel. : Poulton-le-Fylde 79 FIELD, E. H., hon. treasurer Eastern Counties Branch C.E.A ; director Yarmouth and Gorleston Investment and Bldg. Co., Ltd. ; b. 1877, Great Yarmouth ; formerly managing director, Yarmouth and Lowestoft Cinemas, Ltd. Address : 16, South Quay, Gt. Yarmouth. Tel. : 2274. FIELD, MARY, director G.-B. Instructional, Ltd. ; ed. University of London ; joined British Instructional Films as education manager, 1926 ; assistant editor 1926 and became editor, continuity, script writer, assistant director, director ; production manager, 1933 ; director of G.-B. Instructional, Ltd., 1934 ; inaugurated department of Children's Entertainment Films (G.-B. I.) for the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, 1944. Addresses : Office : Children's Entertainment Films, G.-B. Instructional, Ltd., 17, Oxendon Street, S.W.i. Tel. : Whitehall 2826. Private : 7, Porchester Gate, W.2. FIELDER, W. A., general manager, Assoc. British-Patbe ; entered Industry 1919 in Sales Dept, of Wardour Films, Ltd., subsequently absorbed by A.B.P.C., Ltd. ; later promoted to sales manager and then general manager of distribution department ; became general manager Pathe" Pictures, Ltd., on merging of two companies. Addresses : Office : Film House, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 4314. Private: "Little Thatch," Station Road, Ham Manor, Angmering, Sussex. Tel. : Rustington 1266. FIND LAY, HUGH, publicity manager, M-G-M British Studios, Ltd. ; joined Trade with Pathe Freres ; manager publicity, Gaumont Co., 1929 ; G. B. Picture Corp., Ltd., studio publicity manager, 193 1 ; New World Pictures (subsequently 20th Century Prods., Ltd.), 1937 ; Press officer, Film Div., M. of I., 1940 ; later publicity for Ealing Studios. Address: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Boreham Wood, Herts. Tel. : Elstree 2000. FLETCHER, ARTHUR PAUL, B.A., producer and managing director Greenpark Prods, b. 1914 ; ed. Bradfield College ; Queen's College, Oxford. Entered industry, script writer, Publicity Films, 1937. Address : Guild House, Upper St. Martins Lane, W.C.2. Tel. : Temple Bar 5420. FLIGELSTONE, THEO. H., managing director, T.H.F. Theatres, Ltd. ; Watford Amusements, Ltd. ; b. 1895, Cardiff ; joined Servalls Exclusives, Ltd., as managing director president C.E.A., 1936-37. Address : Ascot House, 52-3, Dean Street, London, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 8802. FOOKS, W. J., secretary, S. Wales and Monmouth Branch C.E.A. ; secretary, Park Hall Cinema, Cardiff ; b. 1900 ; incorporated accountant. Address : 3, Park Place, Cardiff. Tel. : Cardiff 729. FOOT, VICTOR A., F.I.P.I., A.M.Inst.B.E. ; managing director, Ossicaide, Ltd. ; entered the public address field in 1932 with Ossicaide amplifiers and "Foot" microphones; holds large number of patents in connection with sound. Address : Dereford House, Wimbledon Park Road, S.W.19. Tel. : Putney 4646. FORD, MAURICE, managing director and producer, Moore-British Film Productions, Ltd. b. 1910 ; entered industry 1927 as camera assistant at B.I. P., and Welwyn ; chief cameraman, Kinemas Limited, 1930; director of lighting, 1931 ; film directorcameraman, 1932 ; war correspondent for Paramount, 1939. Current productions ; "Entente Cordiale," "Stardom," "Another World." Addresses : Office, ia, Horn Lane, Acton, London, W.3. Tel. : Acorn 1239. Private : 73, Delamere Road, Ealing, W.5. Tel. : Ealing 4347. FORMAN, J. DENIS, director of the British Film Institute ; b. 1917 ; ed. Loretto and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Carried out experiments in use of film in Army training ; production section, Films Division, C.O.I., 1946-49 ; chief production officer, 1948-49. Address : 164, Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C.2. Tel. : Temple Bar 1642. FORSYTH, EDWARD GEOFFREY, assistant controller, C.M.A. Children's Cinema Clubs, b. 1918 ; ed. Ravensfield College. Joined G-B 1935. Addresses: Office: New Gallery House, Regent Street, London, W.i. Tel. : Regent 8080. Private : 34, Southwold Mansions, Widley Road, Maida Vale, London, W.9. Tel. : Cunningham 7098. FORSYTH, JAMES, O.B.E., director, Davis Theatres, Ltd. ; Palmer Newbould, Ltd. ; b. 1889 ; joined industry 1917 as assistant manager of Shaftesbury Pavilion ; became manager, Shepherd's Bush Pavilion ; G. B. West End circuit manager, 1927-30 ; director of public relations G. B. Picture Corp., 1930-48; public relations dept., JAKO, 1948-194.9 ; retired from G.B., July, 1949. Free lance journalism and Public Relations Counsel on Industry matters, 1949. Addresses : Office, 34, Southwold Mansions, Widley Road, London, N.W.9. Tel. : Cunningham 7098. Private : Old School House, Powder-ham, Kenton, Exeter. Tel. : Starcross 279. FOSTER, JACK, A.S.A.A., F.C.I.S., secretary and chief accountant, Eagle-Lion Distributors Ltd. ; Eagle-Lion Distributors (Greece), Ltd. ; Eagle-Lion Distributors (Middle East), Ltd. b. 1913 ; ed. Eastbourne Grammar School. Addresses: Office: 169 /171, Oxford Street, London, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 9777. Private : 119, Windmill Lane, Bushey Heath, Herts. Tel. : Bushey Heath 1672. FOX, CHAS. G., M.B.E., F.C.I.S., chairman, Ernest F. Moy, Ltd. ; treasurer, I.A.K.M. ; b. 1872 ; ed. Owens School, Islington. Started manufacturing kinematograph apparatus in conjunction with the late Ernest F. Moy, 1895 formed the Cinematograph Co., Ltd., 1898 ; president Cinema Veterans, 1949. Addresses : Office : 134, Bayham Street, N.W.i. Tel.: Gulliver 5451. Private: 96, Highgate West Hill, N.6. Tel. : Mountview 5929. FOXWELL, IVAN, producer, b. 1914 ; entered industry 1933 ; produced French films, "Train pour Venise," 1937; " Carrefour " 1938; and "Sarajevo," 1939; served in world war, 1939-46 ; producer and co-author screenplay, "No Room at the Inn," 1948; "The Intruder," 1949. Under contract to A.B.P.C,