Kinematograph Year Book 1942 (1942)
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The Kinematograph Year Book.
Production Manager ... F. Gunn.
Studio Manager ... J. Swinburne.
Film Directors under
contract ... ... Carol Reed, Marcel
Varnel, Anthony Asquith, Herbert Mason, John Harlow.
Director of Music ... Louis Levy.
Casting Director ... Weston Drury.
Publicity Manager ... Bill Batchelor.
Studio Facilities ... Five sound stages ;
British Acoustic
Sound System. Productions during 1941 : " Once a Crook,"
"Cottage To Let," "I Thank You," "The
Young Mr. Pitt."
e. B. INSTRUCTIONAL, LTD.
Studios : Lime Grove, W.12.
Telephone: Shepherd's Bush 1210. Directors : Maurice Ostrer (Chairman),
David Ostrer, Mary Field, M.A., Ian
Cremieu Javal, H. Bruce Woolfe. Production Manager: H. Bruce Woolfe.
Scenario Editor : Mary Field. Film Directors : A. Mary Field, D. Carter, D. Catling, J. Alderson, S. Irving, C. Tokeley. Animator ... ... B. Salt.
Film Editor ... ... D. Catling.
Cameramen ... ... J. Parker.
F. North. Librarian ... ... I. Wilson.
Sound Equipment : B.A.F.
Productions during 1941 : War Office, Ministry of Information, British Council, Central Council for Health, Electrical Association for Women, Ministry of Home Security.
HIGHBURY STUDI08 LTD.
96a, Highbury New Park, Highbury, N.5. Telephone : — Clissold 3003-3004. Directorate : J. A. Carter and G. S. Ogg, Joint Managing Directors ; F. Kingdom Ward.
Floors : No. 1. 113ft. by 60 ft. No. 2. 60ft. by 30 ft.
Recording System : R.C.A. and Film Recorders ; three Channel re-recording.
Electrical Equipment : — B.T.H., Mole Richardson Kandem. Studio Manager ... ... Charles Leeds.
Chief Sound Engineer ... N. Daines.
LEEVERS RICH & CO., LTD.
53, Berners Street, W.r.
Telephone : Museum 4700.
Directorate : Norman Leevers, B.Sc, A. C.G.I.
(Managing Director), R. E. Cooban, AC. A.,
F. W. Leevers, A.M.I.Mech.E.
Equipment: Two 35mm. sound-on-film recording channels. Two 16mm. sound-on-film recoding channels. Three disc recording channels. Studio fully equipped for post-synchronising, re-recording, direct recording, etc. Specialising in mobile and disc recording units for location work. Comprehensive sound effects library.
Productions, 1941 : Technical services rendered on the following ig4r productions : 28 propaganda films for the Ministry of Information, Ministry of Supply, the Polish Government, and the Armed Forces. Also the following : "Malta" (G.B. Screen Services), "Signs of the Times" (Wqllace Productions, Ltd.), Film trailers for National Screen Service, Ltd., "Once Upon a Time," "How the Old Place Has Changed,* "Cambrian Heights," "Gateway to the Sky," "Spring in the West," " Love on Leave," "Summer in England" (Inspiration Pictures, Ltd.), "Our Pals" (G. Burger), ■"Elmer's Good Turn," "Ships of the Sea," 'Lure of Gold" (B.S. Productions), "Soldiers
Without Uniforms" (W. R. Newman Productions), Appeal films for the N.S.P.C.C. and National Institute for the Blind.
Recording and monitoring services have been rendered throughout the year to the B.B.C., Royal Netherlands Government (Radio Orange), E.N.S.A., and the leading advertising agencies.
MARYLEBONE STUDIOS, LTD.
245, Maryi.ebone Road, N.W.i.
Telephone : Paddington 2444/5.
Production and Studio Manager : H. G. Halsted.
Two Stages comprising 3,600 square feet.
MEDWAY STUDIOS.
Holborough Road, Snodland,
Kent.
Proprietor and Manager : A. E. Waterton,
The Poplars, Waterton Avenue, Denton,
Gravesend, Kent.
Sound Stages, Mobile Recording Truck,
Locations.
MERTON PARK STUDIOS LTD.
269, Kingston Road, Merton Park, S.W.T9. Telephone : Liberty 4291 (10 lines). Company Directors : E. P. L. Pelly (Chairman), F. A. Hoare (Managing Director), Major G. Harrison, H. L. Marsterson, P. L. Palmerton (U.S.A.), J. H. Somake.
Recording System : Western Electric. Producers of industrial and educational films.
Production offices and cutting rooms of Publicity Films, Ltd., Strand Films and Verity Films, Ltd. Producer, Production Manager, Studio Manager :
F. A. Hoare. Film Directors : ... Cecil Musk.
Montgomery Tully.
Terence Egan Bishop.
Jimmy Rogers. Assistant Director ... Don Weeks. Scenario Editor ... Harold Purcell.
Scenarists ... ... T. E. Bishop.
Mary Benedetta. Chief Cameraman ... T. R. Thumwood. Cameramen Jimmy Rogers.
A. T. Dinsdale.
Harry Waxman. Art Director . . ... Harold Watson. Chief Electrician ... R. J. Collard. Recorders Al Rhind.
Charles Taste. Editors... ... ... C. Beaumont.
A. C. Hammond.
Cath Miller.
E. J. Jacobs. Studio Facilities : Two sound stages, equipped with Western Electric Mirrophonic and portable sound channel. Mole-Richardson lighting.
Productions, 1941 : M.O.I, shorts, propaganda, training, etc.
M. P. STUDIOS LTD.
Station Road, Boreham Wood, Elstree, Herts. Telephone: Elstree i76r.
Directorate: Eustace Watkins (Chairman), Lord Grimthorpe, W. B. Anderson, C.A., C.A O. Berner.
Two stages, 125 ft. by 86 ft. and 65 ft. by 35 ft. Dubbing stage. Studio Manager: D. Sullivan. Recording System : RCA Ultra Violet.
The Studios have been requisitioned but equipment may be hired.