Business screen magazine (1946)

BUSINESS SCREEN EXECUTIVE SHELDON NEMEYER Audio Productions Appoints Sheldon Nemeyer as Sales Mgr. M The appoiiUiiient of Sheldon Nemeyer as sales manager of Audio Productions. Inc. has been announced by Frank Speidell. president of the Eastern production organization. A former Navy film executive. Mr. Nemeyer was introduced to sponsors and members of the industry via the full page announcement on another page. ^^ idely known and well liked throughout the field, Mr. Nemever brings considerable experience to his new post. \^ e extend him our best for a long and successful career. « * « Two Named Assistant Treasurers at Pathe Laboratories, Inc. ♦ Appointment of W alter S. Prusiewicz and Burton H. Bastedo as assistant treasurers of Pathe Laboratories. Inc.. has been announced by James L. \^'olcott. executive vicepresident. Prusiewicz has been chief accountant of the lab since 1951, coming to Pathe from a position with Pictorial Films. Inc. He is co-chairman of the Motion Picture Industrv Credit Group of the National Association of Credit Men. Bastedo came to Pathe from its parent company. Chesapeake Industries. Inc.. where he was controller. He has been with Chesapeake Industries for the past 10 years, spending one year of this time with a former subsidiary. Eagle Lion Films. Inc. * * it Wanda Duke to Depicto Films ♦ Miss \^ anda Duke has joined Depicto Films, Inc., New York, in the capacity of art department production manager. John Hans, president, recently announced. Miss Duke has been in the film industry for 14 years, participating in various phases of slidefilm and animation production. Currently she is directing her efforts at Depicto Films to the production of wide screen, anamorphic slidefilms. Movielab's 25th Anniversary as Firm Continues Its Growth ■¥■ This month marks the 25th .Anniversary of Movielab Film Laboratories, Inc., now engaged in a large expansion of its facilities in the big. and newly re-named, Movielab Building, at 619 'Rest 51th Street. New York. The new space arrangement. co\ered by a ten year "million dollar" lease, is representative of steady growth of the Movielab organization over the past 25 years. President Saul Jeffee recalls his first independent operation as a "holein-the-wall" rack and tank developing lab, housed in one room. Today. Movielab is one of the largest independent labs in the East, and the largest processor of foreign films in this country. Ever since his entrance into the laboratory end of the motion picture business. Mr. Jeffee has been active in iillcmpting to bring increased moti<in picture production back to New York City, birthplace of the movies. He has also played an important role in the fight to keep New ^ ork as the capital of TV broadcasting. The only way to keep the motion picture end of the TV industry in New ^ork. according to Mr. Jeffee. is to offer the same quality and technical abilitv once a\ailable only in Hollv\\ood. Hartley Occupies New Quarters ♦ Hartlev Productions. Inc. has moved to a new building at 339 East 48th Street, New York. The new headquarters include two large sound stages, work shops, editing rooms and storage space. Films are understood belter and remembered longer — wiiti Victor's superb sound and pic nire quality. The new VICTOR 1 6 mm SOUND PROJECTOR is easy as 1-2-3 to operate IEasy 3-spot threading . . . over sound drum, through film gate, on to single drive sprocket. 2 Easiest to operate (with finger-tip control panel, softly illuminated). Start motor, turn on lamp, adjust sound volume. 61 Easiest on your films — 3-spot safety •I film trips protect films by stopping projector immediately in case of emergency. % VICTOR, YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU The new Victor is lightweight! Carry it with \ou from tlepanment to department, from plant to plant, or from cit\' to cit\-. \'ictor is smartly styled, too . . . looks like fine luggage and isn't an\ larger. SEND FOR FREE FOLDER TODAY Dept. L-35, ioaiaoh iUC) Davenport, Iowa, U. S. A, New York — Chicago Qualify Motion Picture Equipment Since 1910 Crawley Films Ltci. Names Donald Carter Production Head ♦ Donald F. Carter, long a British motion picture executive, has been appointed to succeed Quentin Brown as director of production at Crawley Films Limited. Ottawa, Canada. Brown « ill head a new Crawley television division in Toronto. Before coming to Canada, Carter was executive producer of the Gaumont British Specialized (sponsored! Film Unit. As production head at Crawley's, he will direct the work of six production crews whose assignments often take them to Europe, the Caribbean and South America as well as all parts of Canada. He also will be in charge of scheduling work, music, recording, script writing, animation, cameras and lighting. Since 1948. Carter has represented the J. Arthur Rank interests in the Association of Specialized Film Producers and in 1950 became the Associations vice-president. In 1950 he was elected to the Board of the British Film Production Fund. Sharkey Joins Telecine as Director of Photography ♦ F. D. .^harkey. for the past nine \ears cameraman at Coronet Instructional Films, has joined the staff of Telecine Film Studios, Inc.. Park Ridge. 111., as director of photography. In his new position. Sharkey ;issumes responsibility for the technical excellence of all Telecine motion picture productions. He has more than 275 films on various subjects to his credit. J « < » ■ Animation Firm Retains Agency ♦ Ihe Animation Equipment Corp., New Rochelle. New York, has retained Friend, Krieger and Rader, Inc., New York, as its advertising agency. Oxberry cameras, optical printers and animation equipment will be promoted. 64 BUSINESS SCREEN MAGAZINE