Business screen magazine (1957)

SAN FRANCISCO AREA: MOTION PICTURE SERVICE CO.: Cont'd. Oil Heat Institute (Pacific Nat'l Advtg., Seattle): Idaho Adv. Comm. ( Botsford, Constantiiie & Gardner. Portland I : Rheem Wedgewood Stoves ( Campbell-Ewald. S.F.) : Roman Meal Cereal i Roy S. Durstine, S.F.), and others. PACIFIC PRODUCTIONS 414 Mason Street, San Francisco 2, Calif. Phone : YUkon 2-;3986 Date of Organization; 1938 Donald M. Hatfield. Ph.D.. President & General Manager Fred P. Barker, Art Direetor Services: Sponsored public relations, sales, documentary and training films; medical films; slidefilms; filmstrips; Pacific Cinettes. Facilities: Maurer and Eastman cameras; synchronous tape recording system; lighting; sound and silent stages; :35mm & 16mm editing equipment: animation department. RECENT PROOUCTtONS AND SPONSORS Motion Pictures; Ask a Busy Man (Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.); Partners in Education (John Lyon Reid, AIA i ; Range Report— 1956 (Shell Chemical Corporation); It's in the Phrase (Visual Education, Inc.); Tale of Two Companies (United Crusade of the Bay Area). ALFRED T. PALMER PRODUCTIONS 130 Bush Street, San Francisco, California Phones; Douglas 2-8177-8 Date of Organization; 1931 Alfred T. Palmer, Owner. Exec. Producer Alexa H. Palmer, Co-Owner. Office Mgr. Pauline C. Hase, Secretary William Thorp, Associate Producer-Writer Lawrence E. Williams, Associate Producer-Writer Nikola Drakulic, Associate Producer M.P.S. Van Lier, Associate Producer .lohn Miller, Associate Producer-Director Donald A. Palmer & Robert Brooker, Photography a)id Sound David H. Palmer, Sovnd Mark Young, Prodnction .lulia Palmer, Editorial Assistant Services: Production largely centered in overseas projects concerned with the advancement of human understanding through the use of motion pictures. Facilities: Complete 16mm production and .sound studios, reproduction laboratory, distribution facilities and theatre. Also color and black and white still studios, and staff. RECENT PRODUCTJONS AND SPONSORS Motion Pictures: TIu; Stanvac Family— tentative title iStandairl Vacuum Oil Co.) ; Ports of Adventure— tenUiXha tile (American President Lines); Bank of America Overseas (Rank of America); H. Explore the World; An .American Looks at h'lonesia; Pageant of India (World Forum Film. . W. A. PALMER FILMS, INC. 611 Howard Street, San Francisco 5, Calif. Phone; YUkon 6-.5961 Date of Organization: 1936 W. A. Palmer, President H. B. Butler, Vice-President. Treasurer Florence H. Dieves, Production Manager .lohn Corso. Jr., Laboratory Manager Stewart A. Macondray, Recording Engineer Joseph P. Dieves, Camera Services: Industrial public relations and sales training films: sound slidefilms; television films and spot commercials; Palmerscope 16mm and 3.5mm television recording. Facilities; Studio and location protography; Westrex recording; photographic and magnetic, 16mm and 35mm; disc and tape recording, including stereophonic; multiple channel dubbing and Interlock; color, black-white printing — 16mm optical printer, 35mm to 16mm reduction printing: 35mm Moviola and editing equipment ; animation and title camera. RECENT PRODUCTIONS AND SPONSORS Motion Pictures: Water (Pacific Gas & Electric Company i ; Recovery in the West (American National Red Cross); More Power to Korea ( Bechtel Corporation); The Face in the Window (United Crusade-SF); General Petroleum High School Eeonomtt Run (Sid Davis Productions I. TELEVISION FILMS: How the FlOO Got Its Tail: The Day Manolete Was Killed (Omnibus-TV Radio Workshop); The Elements — with Dr. Glenn Seaboi-g (KQEDTV, National Educational Radio & Television Center, half hour TV series). WALTER A. RIVERS & ASSOCIATES 00 Market Street, San Francisco 11, Calif. Phone: SUtter 1-1284 Date of Organization: 1949 Walter A. Rivers, President W. G. Rivers, Art Director Alice Garrity, Secretary The Film Users' Authoritative Guide to Qualified Producers * Widespread use of these Annual Production Review issues of Business Screen by leading sponsors, advertising agencies, trade a.ssociations. government agencies and as a credit reference among trade .sources within the industry, has made this buyers' guide the largest publication in the nontheatrical fihn industrv. But it is in the quality of the data itself, that the Editors have provided the most useful reference available. Detailed facts about these specializing companies reveal the age. character and physical size of each organization. Reference data about recent productions and sponsors is your assurance of recent film experience and the nature of work performed. The buyer is urged to study each listing carefully and to anahze data submitted as to films done. Additional reference copies of the Production Review are available irhile the .sH/ip/v lasts, at .l!;2.()() each. Services; General motion picture production, specializing in films for industry, television, public relations and sales training. Facilities : Sound cameras, recording system, film and tape; titles and animation; writing: editing and art staff. TV production set and lights. RECENT PRODUCTIONS AND SPONSORS MOTION Pictures : Men and Steel and a Bridge: .Mt. Hamilton Telescope Installation (Judson Pacific-Murphy Corporation) ; 'Care' Shipments for Christmas (American Can Company) ; California Picture Book (United World Films). GENE K. WALKER PRODUCTIONS 465 California Street, San Francisco 4, Calif. Phone: YUkon 6-2891 Studio at 627 Commercial Street, San Francisco. California. Phone: YUkon 2-4181 Date of Organization: 1938 Gene K. Walker, President R. F. Scott, Studio Manager Stedman Chandler, Sales Manager William H. McDonough, Prod. Supervisor Services: Complete production services, 16mm & 35mm film, sound slidefilms and filmstrips. Facilities: 2-story studio building, fully equipped for recording, editing, titling and small-set photography, 4 recording channels. RECENT PRODUCTIONS AND SPONSORS MOTION Pictures: Tlie Most Important Gallon: Delaware Flying A Refinery; untitled film ( Tidewater Oil Company ) ; Lifestream I Standard Oil Co. of California ) ; untitled film in production ( Union Stock Yards & Transit Co., Chicago). Sacramento, California SOUND-ON-FILM PRODUCTIONS, INC. 2648 18th Street, Sacramento, California Phone: Gilbert 2-4347 Date of Organization: 1949 Date of Incorporation : 1953 Ralph James, President & Exec. ProducerDirector Tom Kiernan, Secretary and Treasnrer Seth Larsen, Editor Ted Baggelmann, Writer, Director of Researcli Services; Wildlife films, documentary and industrial films, TV commercials, 16mm color film library (wildlife stock shots. No. California, Oregon and Washington). Editing, script writing, industrial stills. Facilities; 16mm silent and sound camera equipment. Complete editing facilities. Editing rooms. Art Dept., Sound Stage. RECENT PRODUCTIONS AND SPONSORS Motion Pictures: California Deer Unlimited (Dept. of Fish & Game, State of California) ; Almonds from California; Processing of California Almonds (California Almond Growers Exchange I ; Gods Point Lohos (Church of the Nazarene); Untitled film (City of Sacramento). 136 BUSINESS SCREEN MAGAZINE