Business screen magazine (1959)

PRODUCERLABORATORY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF FILM PRODUCERS, INC. Office: 7064 Sheridan Road, Chicago 26, Illinois. Addre.ss: Executive Secretary. Opticers: Mercer Francisco (Atlas Film Corporation), president; James Kellock (Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.), vice-president: Mervin LaRue (Mervin LaRue, Inc.), treasurer. Lawrence Mominee (Atlas Film Corporation); Reid H. Ray (Reid H. Ray Film Industries); Charles Beeland (Charles Beeland Films), direcfi>rs-at-lar(je. 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. Member Companies: Atlas Film Corporation; Beeland Films; Cinecraft Productions: Condor Films; Mervin W. LaRue, Inc.; Producers Film .Studios; Reid H. Ray Film Industries; Sarra, Inc.; Wilding Picture Productions. Activities: a 1960 organization meeting is to be held in April to discuss future programs; industry-wide cooperation and promotion of member interests. For details regarding membership contact the Office of the Executive Secretary in Chicago, Illinois. National & International Organizations of Film Producers and Laboratories THE ASSOCIATION OF CINEMA LABORATORIES, INC. Office: 1226 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington Officers: George W. Colburn (George Collnun Laboratory), President; G. Carleton Hunt (General Film Laboratory), Vice-PresidentDudley Spruill (Byron, Inc.), Secretary; Kern Moyse (Peerless Film Processing "Corp ) J reasnrer. Board of Dirkctors: Floyd Weber; Bvron Roudabush (Byron, Inc.) ; Sidney Solow (Consdidated Film Industries); Reid H. Rav (Reid H. Ray Film Industries) all 2-year terms. Jarne.s Barker (Capital Film Lab); and Leon Shelly (Shelly Films, Canada) all 1.vear terms. Holdover directors are Louis Feld rc.i?""n';'/!'.'" '^"boratories, and Spence W . Caldwell (Caldwell Films Ltd.). Meetings : Held semiannually usually in connection with Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers convention, the annual meeting has recently been design'ated to Z.r in the fall when new officers will be elected Activities: Publication of booklet on "Laboratory Practices on Films for Television"nomenclature terms defined and released peri^ "dically; complete Directory of Film Laboratories. All available from Association office ■^Fa^i-T '=r'"|."'^«« "re at work. These are i-aa Piactices Committee" and the "Information Exchange Committee." L FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, INC. Office (of the Executive Director): L5 E. 48th Street, New York 17, N. Y. Officers: Lee Blair (TV and Film Graphics, Inc.), president; William Van Praag (Van Praag Productions, Inc.), executive vice-president; Robert Lawrence (Robert Lawrence Productions, Inc.), first vice-president; Robert Crane (Color Service Company), second vicepresident; Albert Hecht ( Bill Sturm Studios. Inc.), secretarij; Edward Lamm i Patheseope Company of America), treasurer. Directors: Above officers and Stephen Elliot (Elliot, Unger & Elliot); Sanford Greenberg (MPO Productions, Inc.) ; David Home (Titra Sound Corporation ) ; Martin Ransohoff ( Filmways, Inc. ) ; Henry Strauss ( Henry Strauss & Co., Inc.) ; F. C. Wood, Jr. (Sound Masters, Inc.). Past Presidents: (Directors) Robert Lawrence (Robert Lawrence Productions, Inc ) ; Walter Lowendahl; Peter J. Mooney (Audio Productions Inc.); David Pincus (fransfilmCaravel, Inc.); Harold Wondsel (Wondsel, Carlisle & Dunphy); Nathan Zucker (Dynamic Films, Inc. ) . Members: American Film Producers; Audio Productions, Inc.; John Bransby Productions, Ltd.; Craven Film Corporation; Dynamic Films, Inc.; Elliot, Unger & Elliot (Division Screen Gems); Filmex, Inc.; Filmways, Inc.: Gerald Productions, Inc.; Gold Medal Studios. Inc.; HFH Productions; Klaeger Film Productions; Robert Lawrence Productions, Inc.; MPO Productions, Inc.; Owen Murphy Productions, Inc.; Patheseope Company of America, Inc.; Production Center, Inc.; Sarra, Inc.; Fletcher Smith Studios, Inc.; Sound Masters, Inc.; Henry Strauss & Company, Inc.; Bill Sturm Studios, Inc.; Televenture, Inc.; Transfilm-Caravel, Inc.; TV & Film Graphics, Inc.; Van Praag Productions, Inc.; VPI Productions, Inc.; Roger Wade Productions, Inc.; Wondsel, Carlisle & Dunphy. Associate Members: E. J. Barnes & Co.. Inc.; Bonded Film Storage Co.. Inc.; Camera Equipment Co., Inc.; Camera Mart, Inc.; Cineffects, Inc.; Color Service Co.; Comprehensive Service Corp.; Consolidated Film lndu.stries; Du Art Film Labs, Inc.; Eastern Effects, Inc.: Florman & Babb, Inc.: Forrell, Thomas & Polack Associates, Inc.; Mecca Film Labs, Inc.; Metropolitan Sound Service, Inc.; Movielab Film Labs, Inc.; Music Makers, Inc.; Pathe Laboratories, Inc.; Precision Film Labs. Inc.; Preview Theatre, Inc.; Reeves Sound Studios, Inc.; Signature Music, Inc.; SOS Cinema Supply Corp.; Termini Videotape Service; Titra Sound Corpiu-alion. Executive Director: Irving W. Cheskin. Purpose: At monthly meetings and through active committees, this organization works to advance the motion picture production indus try 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. & FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA Officers: Alfred K. Peterson (Promotional Films. Inc. ), president; Cliff R. Sakry ( Promotional Films, Inc.), executive secretary; William Heideman i Anthony Lane Film Studios, Inc.), treasurer; Reid H. Ray (Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc.), manager; William S. Yale (Empire Photosound, Inc.), manager, 2ijear term; Ellsworth Polsfuss (Reid H. Ray Film Industries, Inc.), manager, 1-year term. Members: Anthony Lane Film Studios; Thos. Countryman Film Productions; Empire Photo.sound. 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 exchange of technical information. Projects: Publicity and public relations campaign to build recognition and prestige of the local film industry, and to inform business and industry of the many types of uses and advantages of films. Meetings: Third Monday of each month, 6:30 P.M Minneapolis. » ASSOCIATION OF MOTION PICTURE , PRODUCERS AND LABORATORIES I OF CANADA Office (of the President): 85 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto 5, Ontario. Office (of the Secretary-Treasurer) : Room 110, 77 York Street, Toronto, Ontario. Officers: Gerald S. Kedey (Motion Picture Centre Limited, Toronto), president; Henry A. Michaud (Omega Productions, Inc., Montreal), first vice-president; John T. Ross; ( Robert Lawrence Productions (Canada) Ltd.,. Toronto), second vice-president ; Spencer W.Caldwell (S. W. Caldwell, Limited, Toronto),. immediate pa.^^f president; Frank A. Young,. Room 110, 77 V(u-k Street, Toronto, secretarytreasurer. Directors; B. J. Bach (Cinesound Limited,. Toronto I ; Alasdair Eraser ( Crawley Film.'-Limited. Montreal ) ; E. W. Hamilton ( TransCanada Films Limited, Vancouver); Ralph Foster (Meridian Films Limited, Toronto); Douglas M. Robinson (Fifeshire Motion Pictures Ltd., Toronto); A.T.E. (Ted) White (Eastern Film Laboratories Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia). (Continued on page 26)' 24 BUSINESS SCREEN MAGAZINE;