Kinematograph year book (1950)

Who's What in the Industry. 83 Council delegate, 1930-33 ; branch chairman 1935 and 1945. Address : Empire, Long Eaton, near Nottingham. Tel. : 209. LAPRESLE, ROBERT H., director, writer, cameraman ; b. 1900, Canada ; entered Industry, 1924 ; nine years as cameraman, Hollywood ; chief cameraman on 28 British features for Warners, ; Film Producers' Guild. Addresses: Office : Guild House, Upper St. Martin's Lane, W.C.2. Tel. : Temple Bar 5420. Private : Lea Meadow, Churt, Surrey. Tel. : Frensham 213. LATTA, C. J., managing director, Associated British Picture Corp., Ltd.; Entered industry as independent exhibitor in Omaha, U.S.; later joined Warner Bros. Theatres. Addresses : Office: 30, Golden Square, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 7887. Private: 54, Avenue Close, St. John's Wood, London, N.W.8. Tel. : Primrose 0830. LAUNDER, FRANK, director, producer, writer director Individual Pictures, Ltd. ; born 1907, Hitchin, Herts; wrote play which attracted attention of late John Maxwell and entered films, Elstree's scenario dept., 1930 ; joined Warner, as a writer ; subsequently became scenario editor to Gainsborough ; formed own producing company, Individual Pictures, Ltd., with Sidney Gilliat, in 1944 ; screenplays include "The Lady Vanishes," "Night Train to Munich," "The Young Mr. Pitt," " Millions Like Us," "2,000 Women," in collaboration with Gilliat ; jointly produced "The Rake's Progress," "I See a Dark Stranger," " Green for Danger," "Captain Boycott, "London Belongs to Me," and "The Blue Lagoon." Address: Office: 146, Piccadilly, London, W.i. Tel.: Mayf air 8272. Private: 78, Park Street, London, W.i. LAWRENCE, JUSTUS B. L. (Jock), Ph.B., O.B.E., executive vice-president, J. Arthur Rank, Org. Inc. (U.S.); ed. Yale; University, U.S. Former magazine writer; director of advertising and publicity and assistant to Sam Goldwyn in Hollywood ; director of public relations, M.P.A.P. ; Colonel, G.S., U.S. Army; U.S. Aide to Lord Louis Mountbatten in Combined Ops. ; P.R.O., U.S. Army, European Theatre of Ops. ; joined J.A.R.O.,' 1945. Addresses : Office : 445, Park Avenue, New York City. Tel. : Plaza 9-1500. Private : 410, Park Avenue, New York City. Tel. : Plaza 3-4169. LAWRIE, JAMES HALDANE, managing director, National Film Finance Corporation ; b. 1907 ; ed. Fettes, University College, Oxford. Lloyds Bank, 1930-36 ; secretary, National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., 1937-45 ; manager from 1940 ; general manager, Industrial and Commercial Finance Corp., Ltd., I945-8 ; chairman, Overseas Banks Association ; vice-president, British Bankers Association, 1944-45 ; director of English Opera Group, Ltd. Address : 28 Soho Square, London, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 4884. LAWSON, WALTER, managing director Wallaw Pictures, Ltd. ; Wallaw Cinema (Blyth), Ltd.; proprietor Wallaw Bio Co., Addresses: Office : Wallaw Buildings, Woodhorn Road, Ashington. Tel. Ashington 2231. Private: Red Gables, Cresswell, Northumberland. Tel. : Lynemouth 238. LEA, ROLAND, chief of theatre dept., A. B.C. and Union Cinemas ; b. 1887, London ; entered Trade 1909 ; Midlands Circuit manager United Electric, 191 1 ; subsequently manager Westover, Bournemouth. When acquired by A.B.C., 1928 appointed Liverpool area supervisor, 1929 Birmingham area, 1930 ; chief supervisor, 1935 ; present appointment, 1942. Address : Office: 30, Golden Square, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 7887. LEAN, DAVID, film director; Cineguild, Ltd. ; b. 1908, Croydon ; entered Industry 1928 as camera assistant ; later assistant director and editor " Escape Me Never," " Pygmalion," "49th Parallel"; from 1942 has directed " In Which We Serve " (co-director with Noel Coward) ; "This Happy Breed," "Blithe Spirit," " Brief Encounter," " Great Expectations " "Oliver Twist," "The Passionate Friends," " Madeleine." Address: Cineguild, Ltd., Pinewood Studios, Tver Heath, Bucks. Tel. : Iver 700. LEE, NORMAN, author-director; -wrote screen play with R. J. Minney "Idol of Paris" (OstrerPremier) ; screen adaptation "The Monkey's Paw." Address: 20, Brown Street, Bryanston Square, W.i. -Tel. : Ambassador 4232. Representation : Myron Selznick (films) ; Joan Ling (plays). LEEVERS, NORMAN, B.Sc, A.C.G.I., F.B.K.S., chairman and managing director Leevers Rich & Co., Ltd. ; managing director British Cine Recording, Ltd. ; ed. London University ; employed C.F.T.H. Acoustic L?boratories, Paris, 1928 ; joined Film Recorders, Ltd., 1930 ; chief sound engineer British Screen Service, 1933 ; formed Leevers, Rich & Co., Ltd., 1936. Addresses : Office: 80, Wardour 'Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 4161. Private : 34, St. Stephens Gardens, St. Margarets, Twickenham. Tel. : Popesgrove 2346. LEFFINGWELL, ROBERT G., producer and managing director, Signal Films ; b. 1909, U.S.A. ; ed. Academy of Fine Arts, Evanston, Illinois ; animation and direction, Walt Disney "Snow White and Seven Dwarfs," Max Fleischer, " Gullivers Travels," Universal; and M-G-M, U.S. Army Training Film Animation Unit, }Iinitoons, Inc., Les Gemeaux, Paris ; Technicolor puppets, ' ' Story of Time." Address : Office : Little St. Annes, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey. Tel. : Egham 500. LENNARD, ROBERT, casting director, A.B.P.C.; b. 1910, London ; entered Industry, 1926 ; assistant casting director, B.I.P. ; casting director, Capital Film Corporation ; casting director, Grafton Films. Address : Colquhoun House, Broadwick Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 8646. LENTON, F. T., F.A.I.A., managing director, Sherwood Films, Ltd. ; Kinograpb Distributors, Ltd. ; hon. secretary and treasurer British Short Film Makers' Society, Ltd. ; senior partner, Lenton and Co. b. 1889, London ; member Cinema Veterans. Addresses : Office : 26-27, D'Arblay Street, London, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 4148. Private: 6, Braxted Park, S.W.16. Tel. : Pollards 4046.