Business screen magazine (1958)

Fred Niles Productions Expands Chicago Operations With Purchase of Kling Film-Making Facilities 4EV\A! I Major Advance in film Reel Conslrutlion RECISION DIE-CAST ALUMINUM lUB COMBINED WITH SPECIAL EMPERED STEEL REELSIDES MAKES A RULY PROFESSIONAL REEL, WCH MORE STURDY TRUER RUNNING finished in scratch.ilh these OMPCO reels and c< tsistoni boked-on enamel. e assured a lifetime of film protecli< Ktra quality products. /tile for complete inlormation, EELS AND CANS • 1i mm 400 ft. through 2000 It. COMPCO corporation 1800 NO. SPAULDING CHICAGO 47, ILLINOIS THE BUYERS READ AND USE BUSINESS SCREEN MAGAZINE Purchase by Fred A. Nile Productions, Inc., of the f-.icilities lormerly owned by Klinu Fihn Enterprises at 1058 W. Washington St., Chicago, has been announced by Fred Niles, president of the Chicago-Hollywood motion picture organization bearing his name. The purchase was effective October 13. Acquisition of the Kling filmmaking facilities gives the Niles oigiinization a 90,000 sq. ft. building on Chicago's near-west side. Facilities include three large soundproof stages, one of which is 12,000 sq. ft.; a three studio sound department, fully equipped with the newest and most efficient sound recording equipment; an entire wing devoted to editing facilities; two prop rooms; machine shop, two new standing, working kitchens; a scene dock for the unloading of heavy equipment and a thoroughfare for trucks and cars; and oflice space to house production, creative and sales departments. The purchase, which was outright, covered Kling Film's Chicago motion-picture facilities only. It does not include Kling Studios, art and still photography studio, nor the Kling-California studios in Hollywood. Eleven members of the Kling staff have been added to the existing Niles personnel, giving the company a total of 5 1 employees. Michael Stehney, formerly executive vice-president at Kling, becomes vice-president in charge of tv-film commercials for Niles, and also will supervise quality control of production. Ed Rinker has been named vice-president in sales for Niles. Niles has abandoned its former studios at 22 W. Hubbard St., Chicago, and has moved its entire staff and facilities to the W. Washington St. location. In commenting on the purchase, Niles said he visualizes its subsequent development into a communications center to serve agencies, advertisers and industrial companies. "Such a center," he said, "will compete with New York and Hollywood. It can mean increased business and opportunity to the industry as a whole, and will con Fred A. Niles tribute to the overall prosperity of the midwest motion picture industry." A former executive vice-president of Kling Film Enterprises from 1947 to 1955, Niles formed his own motion picture company on December 12, 1955, with a capital investment of $5,000 and four people. The company's gross dollar volume during it's first year was $1.2 million, and the second year's volume rose to $1.5 million. Niles anticipates a gross of approximately $2 million for 1958. f INDUSTRIAL FILMS TELEVISION COMMERCIALS ANIMATION SOUND SLIDEFILMS ROGER WADE PRODUCTIONS INC. IS THE STUDIO FOR ALL YOUR FILM WORK. OUR STAFF OF TOP-NOTCH CREATIVE TALENT CAN HANDLE YOUR FILM REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGHEST CALIBRE FILMS THAT GET RESULTS. WRITE OR C.ll.l. FOR O.ASE HI.SFORIES AND FOLDER DESCRIBING OLR SERX'ICES. ROGER WADE PRODUCTIONS INC., 15 West 46th Street, New York 36, N.Y., Circle 5-3040 BUSINESS SC:REEN MAGAZINE