Film year book (1928)

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Foreign Offices, U. S. Companies FILM BOOKING OFFICES Film Booking Offices handles its foreign distribution through the F B O Export Corp. Vice-President in Charge — Colvin W. Brown, 1560 Broadway, New York. Cable Address — Rexcofilm, New York. AUSTRALASIA AND FAR EAST Sydney — William Scott, Kardinia Road, Clifton Gardens. BELGIUM Brussels — Albert Goose, 24 Rue Emmanuel Hiel. FRANCE Paris — Societe Anonyme des Films F B O, 69 Faubourg St. Honore ; Ernest Koenig. GERMANY Berlin— F B O Pictures-, G.m.b.H., 21 Markgrafenstrasse; Albert E. Hubsch. HOLLAND The Hague — Loet C. Barnstyn, Stations Dein. MEXICO Mexico. City — F B O Pictures, S. A., 37 Ave. Uruguay ; Luis Lezama. UNITED KINGDOM London — Ideal Films, 72 Wardour St., distributors for United Kingdom ; Sol G. Newman, representative in London, 185a Wardour St. FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES, INC. Vice-President in Charge of Foreign Affairs — E. Bruce Johnson, 383 Madison Ave., New York City. Foreign Sales Manager — H. A. Bandy, 383 Madison Ave., New York City. European General Manager — W. J. Morgan, 25 Rue de Courcelles, Paris, France. Cable Address — Firnatex, New York. ARGENTINA Buenos Aires — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer de Argentina, Calle Callao No. 83. AUSTRALIA Sydney — First National Pictures (Asia), Ltd., 305 Pitt St. General Manager — John C. Jones. Exchanges in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne Perth, Sydney. AUSTRIA Vienna — Fanamet Films, G.m.b.H., Neubaugasse 1. BELGIUM Brussels — Films First National, 138 Chaussee d'Haecht. BRAZIL Sao Paulo — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer do Brazil, Caixa do Correio No. 2974. BULGARIA Sofia — Fanamet Films, 16 Rue Benkovska. CUBA Havana — First National Pictures (Cuba) Inc., Estrada Palmas 59. CZECHOSLOVAKIA Prague — Fanamet Films, Vaclavski Nam 49. DENMARK Copenhagen — A/B. First National Pictures of Denmark, Ltd., Hammerichegade 14. ESTONIA Reval — Fanamet Films, Suur Karja 18. EGYPT Alexandria — First National, 15 Rue Fouad 1st, Imb. Monferrato, Bloc B. B. P. 854. FINLAND Helsingfors — Ufanamet Films O. Y., Henriksgat an 20. FRANCE Paris — Films First National, 25 Rue de Courcelles. General Manager — Robert Schless. Exchanges in Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseilles, Strasbourg. GERMANY Berlin — Defina Deutsche First National Pictures, G.m.b.H., head office for distribution, Friedrich strasse 225. General Manager — Phil Kauffman. Sales Manager — Herman Rosenfeld. Exchanges in Breslau, Dusseldorf, Frankfort, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich. First National is a partner with Paramount and M-G-M in Fanamet, formed to distribute for the three companies in smaller Central European countries. Fanamet has headquarters in Berlin and maintains exchanges in Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hungary Jugoslavia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Roumania and Turkey. By agreement made late in 1927, this unit will be dissolved, the process to be completed probably by September, 1928. GREECE Athens — Fanamet Films, Rue Efpolidos 14. HOLLAND Amsterdam — First National, Heerengracht 592. HUNGARY Budapest — Fanamet Films, Eczibet-Korut 9-11. INDIA Bombay — First National Pictures, Inc., Pathe Bldg., Ballard Estate. ITALY Rome — Representative, Rag. Otello De Paoli ; via Principe Tommaso, 16. JAPAN Kobe— First National Pictures (Japan), Inc., 176 Sannomiya-Cho 1 Chome. Managing Director — Horace T. Clarke. Exchanges in Fukuoka and Tokyo. JAVA Soerabaia — First National Pictures, Kwattan 19. Weltevreden — First National Pictures, Petjenongan 1. JUGOSLAVIA Zagreb — Fanamet Films, Marovska Ulica 10. KOREA Seoul— W. W. Taylor & Co., Ltd. (Agent) P. O. Box 27. LATVIA Riga — Fanamet Films, Woldermerstrasse 36. LITHUANIA Kovno— Fanamet Films, Laisves al, 35. MEXICO Mexico City — First National Pictures, Mexico, Apartado 75. NEW ZEALAND Auckland — First National Pictures (Asia), Ltd., Guthrie Bowman's Bldgs., Albert St. Wellington — First National Pictures (Asia), Ltd., Courtenay Place, Box 1308, G. P. O. NORWAY Oslo — A/S First National Pictures of Norway; Akersgaten 8. POLAND Warsaw — Fanamet Films, Siennej 4. Europe Is Next Door If You Read Film Daily 987