Business screen magazine (1961)

PRODUCER AND LABORATORY TRADE GROUPS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF FILM PRODUCERS, INC. Office: 7064 Sheridan Road, Chicago 26. Illinois. Address: Executive Secretary. Officers: Mervin LaRue (Mervin LaRue. Inc.), treasurer. Lawrence Mominee (Atlas Film Corporation); Reid H. Ray (Reid H. Ray Film Industries); Charles Beeiand (Charles Beeiand Films), direclors-ut-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. Member Companies: Atlas Film Corporation; Beeiand Films; Cinecraft Productions; Condor Films; Mervin W. LaRue. Inc.; Producers Film Studios; Reid H. Ray Film Industries; Sarra, Inc.; Wilding, Inc. Activities: A 1961 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. S' THE ASSOCIATION OF CINEMA LABORATORIES, INC. Office; 1226 Wisconsin Avenue. N.W.. Washington 7. D. C. Officers: Byron Roudabush (Byron Motion Pictures), Presideni; G. Carleton Hunt (General Film Labs). Vice-President; Dudley Spruill (Byron Motion Pictures). Secretary; Kern Moyse ( Peerless Film Processing Corp.), Treasurer. Board of Directors: Saul Jeffee (Movielab Film Labs); James A. Barker (Capital Film Labs); George W. Colburn (George W. Colbum Labs); G. Carleton Hunt (General Film Labs); E. W. Hamilton (Trans-Canada Films); Louis Feldman (Du Art Film Labs); Byron Roudabush (Byron Motion Pictures); Reid H. Ray (Reid H. Ray Film Industries); Sidney P. Solow (Consolidated Film Industries); Spencer Caldwell (S. W. Caldwell. Ltd.). Meetings: Held semiannually at the same time and place as the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers' conventions. Activities: The Association is in the process of engaging the services of a well-known Washington representative to act as Executive Secretary. An ambitious program for the year 1961 has been set up and has been mailed to the members for approval, after which details will be available for publication. The Association now represents approximately 95% of the commercial laboratories in the country, g' Principal National Associations FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, INC. Office (of the Executive Director): 15 E. 48th Street, New York 17, N. Y. Officers: William Van Praag (Van Praag Productions. Inc. ) , presideni; Robert Gross ( American Film Producers ) . vice-president; Thomas Craven (Craven Film Corporation). secretary; Peter J. Mooney (Audio Productions, Inc.), treasurer. Directors: Robert Bergmann, Sanford Greenberg, Robert Klaeger, Robert Lawrence, Walter Lowendahl, Fred Raphael, Henry Strauss, and William Unger. For Associate Members: Robert Crane. Herman Edel, Arthur Florman. and David Home. Lee Blair, as Retiring President, is automatically a member of the Board for one year. Past Presidents: (Directors) Lee Blair (Film and Television Graphics); Robert Lawrence ( Robert Lawrence Productions. Inc. ) ; Walter Lowendahl (Dynamic Films. Inc.); Peter J. Mooney (Audio Productions Inc.); David Pine us (Transfilm-Caravel, Inc.); Harold Wondsel (Wondsel. Carlisle & Dunphy); Nathan Zucker (Dynamic Films. Inc.). Producer Members: American Film Producers; Audio Productions. Inc.; John Bransby Productions, Ltd.; John Campbell Films. Inc.; Craven Film Corporation; Dynamic Films. Inc.; Elliot, Unger & EUiot; Felix The Cat Creations, Inc.; Filmex. Inc.; Filmways. Inc.; Gerald Productions, Inc.; Gray O'Reilly Productions; Robert Lawrence Productions. Inc.; James Love Productions; McConnachie Productions; Marathon International Productions; MPO Productions. Inc.; Owen Murphy Productions. Inc.; Lew Pollack Productions. Inc.; Production Center, Inc.; Sarra. Inc.; Henry Strauss & Company, Inc.; Televenture, Inc.; Transfilm-Caravel, Inc.; TV & Film Graphics. Inc.; Van Praag Productions. Inc.; Vision Associates, Inc.; VPl 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.; Capital Film Labs. Inc.; Cinetfects. Inc.; Color Service Co.; Comprehensive Service Co.; Consolidated Film Industries; De Luxe Laboratories. Inc.; Du Art Film Labs. Inc.; Eastern Effects, Inc.; 411 Sound Recording Studios; Florman & Babb, Inc.; Forrell. Thomas & Polack. Inc.; Mecca Film Laboratories Corp.; Movielab Film Labs. Inc.: Music Makers. Inc.; Pathe Laboratories. Inc.; Precision Film Labs. Inc.; Preview Theatre. Inc.; Reeves Sound Studios. Inc.; Charles Ross. Inc.: Lawrence F. Sherman Productions; Signature Music. Inc.; SOS Cinema Supply Corp.; Termini Videotape Service; Titra .Sound Corp. Executive Director: Harold Klein. Committee Chairmen: Sanford Greenber; (MPO Productions. Inc.). Labor Committee Robert Lawrence ( Robert Lawrence Produc tions. Inc.). Program and Public Relation Committee; Peter J. Mooney (Audio Produc tions, Inc.). Membership Cimimittee; Peter J Mooney (Audio Productions. Inc.) New Yon City Sales Ta.x Committee: Jerry Carus (Dy namic Films. Inc.). Insurance Committee William Van Praag (Van Praag Productions Inc.). By-Laws Committee. Purpose: At monthly meetings and througl active committees, this organization works t( advance the motion picture production indus try in all its branches; to establish and main tain a high standard of ethics among pro ducers. their employees, their suppliers .ini their clients; to distribute accurate informatioi with regard to technical improvements; to ad vise the general public on the importance o the film industry in the nation's economy; ti encourage responsible people to enter the in dustry; to promote, stabilize and coordinat( all elements of the industry. SJ FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA Officers: Anthony Lane (Anthony Lam Film Studios. Inc.). presideni; Cliff R. Sakr; (Promotional Films Inc.). executive secretary; Richard W. Jamieson. ( Empire Photo sound. Inc.). treasurer; William Heidemar (Anthony Lane Film Studios. Inc.), manager 2-year term; William S. Yale (Empire Photosound, Inc.). manager, 1-year term. Members: Thomas Countryman Film Productions; Empire Photosound. Inc.; Film Productions Co.; George Ryan Films. Inc.; Promotional Films. Inc.; Reid H. Ray Film In dustries. Inc.; Rusten Film Associates; .Anthony Lane Film Studios. Inc. Purpose: The advancement of the arts anc crafts of film production for the bettermeni and improvement of the film industry; the establishment of improved client relations and the exchange of technical information. Projects: Advertising, publicity and public relations campaign to build recognition and prestige for the accredited local film producers; to enlighten business and industry in the types, uses and advantages of films and to encourage wider use of films in training, selling, advertising and public relations. Meetings: Third Monday of each month; 6:30 p.m.. Minneapolis. 11 ASSOCIATION OF MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND LABORATORIES OF CANADA Offices (of ihe President): 577 Jarvis Street.) Toronto 5. Ontario; (of the Executive Secretary): Suite 1301. 55 York Street, Toronto 1, Ontario. (Continued on following page) 28 BUSINESS SCREEN .MAGAZINE