Business screen magazine (1959)

PRODUCER ^LABORATORY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF FILM PRODUCERS, INC. Office: 7064 Sheridan Road, Chicago 26. Illinois. Address : Executive Secretary. Officers: Mercer Francisco (Francisco Films), pi-esidcnt : James Kellock (Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.), vice-preaident ; Mervin LaRue ( Mervin LaRue, Inc.), treasurer. Lawrence Mominee (Atlas Film Corporation) ; Frank Balkin ( Reid H. Ray Film Industries): Charles Beeland (Charles Beeland Films), directors-at-large. Purpose: By mutual cooperation to educate business, government and institutional groups to the advantages and values of films and related audio-visual aids; to foster and promote continued ethical relationships in all matters between producers and clients ; to advance the creative and technical arts and crafts of this specialized industry in which member companies serve. Publications: A news-letter for all member companies is being initiated as part of a reactivated 1959 program; cooperation with civic groups under way; a Code of Ethics adopted by the organization is universally recognized as .setting high standards within the industry and among its clientele. Member Companies: Atlas Film Corporation: Beeland Films; Cinecraft Productions; Condor Films; Francisco Films: Mervin W. LaRue. Inc.; Producers Film Studios; Reid H. Ray Film Industries; Sarra, Inc.; Wilding Picture Productions. Meetings: Monthly meetings are planned during 1959. 9 INTERNATIONAL SCREEN PUBLICITY ASSOCIATION Office: 11 Hill Street, London, W. 1, England. Contact: Lionel Gale, general secretary. Officers: Jean Mineur (France), president; Friedrich-Georg Amberg (Germany), Gerard Holdsworth (Great Britain), Massimo Momigliano (Italy), vice-presidents. Members: Chas. E. Blanks Pty. Ltd. (Australia); Belgique Cine Publicite (Belgium); The Cyrenaica Cinema Co. (Cyrenaica); Bergenholz Film (Denmark) ; Soumi-Filmi Oy (Finland); Jean Mineur Publicite (France); Deutsche ISPA Arbcitsgemeinschaft (Germany); Rank Screen Services Ltd. (Great Britain); Cefima-Film (Holland); United Film Makers (India); Organizzazione Pubblicitaria Schermo, S.P.A. (Italy); Ellaby de Mexico ( Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela ) ; Smafilm S A (Norway); AB Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden) ; Central-Film (Switzerland) ; Filmlets (S.A.) Ltd. (Union of South Africa, British East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, South-West Africa). Purpose: To develop members' business in foreign countries and in their own countries, and to exchange information, ideas, film scripts, publications and all other matters of interest to members. To represent and pro National & International Organizations of Film Producers and Laboratories mote interest and advancement of members both in their own countries and abroad. Meetings: Executive Committee meetings held quarterly. 1959 Annual General Meeting in September in Munich, Germany. 1959 Activities: The 6th International Advertising Film Festival, June 9-13, Cannes, France. (Joint spon.sor with International Screen Advertising Services). 9 FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, INC. Office: 39 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. (WHitehall 3-7376). Executive Secretary: To be announced. Public Relations: Wallace A. Ross, 15 East 48th Street, New York 17, N. Y. (Plaza 1-1920). Officers: Nathan Zucker (Dynamic Films, Inc.), president; Lee Blair (Film Graphics, Inc.), e.recutive vice-president; Judd Pollack (MPO Productions, Inc.), first vice-president; Robert Crane (Color Service, Inc.), second vice-president representing associate member companies; Henry Strauss (Henry Strauss & Co., Inc.) secretary; Edward J. Lamm (,Pathescope Company of America, Inc.), treasurer. Directors: Above officers and Stephen Elliot, (Elliot, Unger & Elliot, Inc.); Robert L. Lawrence (Robert Lawrence Productions, Inc.); Walter Lowendahl ( Transfilm, Inc.); Peter J. Mooney (Audio Productions, Inc.); David I. Pincus (Caravel Films, Inc.); F. C. Wood, Jr. (Sound Masters, Inc.). Past Presidents: Peter J. Mooney (AudioProductions, Inc.) ; Walter Lowendahl (Transfilm, Inc.); Leslie Roush (Leslie Roush Productions, Inc.); Robert L. Lawrence (Robert Lawrence Productions, Inc.) ; Harold E. Wondsel (Wondsel, Carlisle & Dunphy, Inc.). Members (As of Feb. 1, 1959): Audio Productions, Inc.; John Bransby Productions, Ltd.; Caravel Films, Inc.; Craven Film Corp.; Dynamic Films, Inc.; Peter Elgar Productions, Inc.; Elliot, Unger & Elliot, Inc.; Filmways, Inc.; Fordel Films, Inc.; William J. Ganz Co., Inc.; Gerald Productions, Inc.; Gray-O'Reilly Studio, Klaeger Film Productions, Inc.; Robert Lawrence Productions, Inc.; MPO Productions, Inc.; Owen Murphy Productions, Inc.; National Screen Service Corp.; Pathescope Company of America, Inc.; Robert Yarnall Richie Productions, Inc.; Sarra, Inc.; Fletcher Smith Studios, Inc.; Sound Masters, Inc.; Henry Strau.ss & Co., Inc.; Bill Sturm Studios, Inc.; TV and Film Graphics, Inc.; Transfilm, Inc.: Van Praag Productions, Inc.; VPI Productions, Inc.; Roger Wade Productions, Inc.; Wondsel, Carlisle & Dunphy, Inc. Purpose: At monthly meetings and through active committees, this organization works to advance the motion picture production industry in all its branches; to establish and maintain a high standard of ethics among producers, their employees, their suppliers and their clients; to distribute accurate information with regard to technical improvements ; to advise the general public on the importance of the film industry in the nation's economy; to encourage responsible people to enter the industry; to promote, stabilize and coordinate all elements of the industry. Associates: In 1958 the organization voted to open its ranks to Associate Members from other segments of the motion picture industry with whom the future of film production is identified, reserving the privilege of a vote on matters pertinent to producers alone. Associate Members: The Animation Equip ment Corp.: E. J. Barnes & Co., Inc.: The Camera Mart, Inc.; Camera Equipment Co., Inc.; CinefFects, Inc.; Color Service Co.; Consolidated Film Industries: Du Art Film Labs, Inc.; Eastern Effects, Inc.; Florman & Babb, Inc.; Gold Medal Studios. Inc.; Mecca Film Labs, Inc.; Movielab Film Laboratories, Inc.; Pathe Laboratories, Inc.; Precision Film Laboratories; Preview Theatre, Inc.; Production Center, Inc. ; Reeves Sound Studios, Inc. ; S.O.S. Cinema Supply Corp.; Termini Videotape Service, Titra Film Labs, Inc. 19.59 Activities: Events ahead are to include a Showcase of TV Commercials and Techniques for advertising agencies and their . clients ; a speakers bureau ; screenings for J members and clients of outstanding film productions, both theatrical and non-theatrical; open meetings on important film developments ; stabilization of industry-wide labor relations J through a permanent labor relations commit | tee; and a campaign for the authentic recog' nition of achievements in the industrial film field. m FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA Officers: Ellsworth Polsfuss (Reid H. Ray Film Industries), president; Cliff Sakry (Promotional Films, Inc.), secretary; William Heideman (Anthony Lane Film Studios, Inc), treasurer; Tom Countryman (Thos. Country-, man Film Productions), manager; Reid H. Ray (Reid H. Ray Film Industries), manager, 2-year term; Ralph Perry i Film Productions Co.), manager, 1-year term. Members: Anthony Lane Film Studios; Continental Films; Thos. Countryman Film Productions; Empire Photosound, Inc.; Film Productions Co. ; George Ryan Films, Inc. ; Griffith B. Wren Films, Inc.: Promotional Films, Inc.; Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc. Purpose: The advancement of the arts and crafts of film production, for improved client relations and the e.xchange of technical information. Meetings: Every third Monday each month, 6:30 p.m., Normandy Room, Minneapolis. UNIVERSITY FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION Office (of the Secretary): Daisy K. Sickles, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWENTY-TWO) 20 BUSINESS SCREEN MAGAZINE