Kinematograph Year Book 1947 (1947)

72 The Kinematograph Yeat Book. dresses : Office : Western Talkie Theatre, Leeds, Tel. : 42078 ; Private : 8, Berkeley View, Leeds, 8. GRIFFITHS, D.E., O.B.E., London representative, International Pictures, Inc. ; b. 1895 ; member, Royal Naval Film Corporation ; Deputy chairman and liaison officer, Royal Air Force Cinema Corporation ; president K.R.S. 193639. Addresses : Office : National House, Wardour Street, London, W.i, Tel. : Gerrard 8351 ; Private : Argyll, 54, Gunnersbury Avenue, Ealing, W.5, Tel. : Acorn 3996. GROVE, Brig. I. R., O.B.E., J. P., M.Inst.T., managing director, F.T.S. (Great Britain), Ltd. ; Oughton's Transports, Ltd. ; London and Provincial Film Transport Co., Ltd. ; F.T.S. Printers (Cardiff), Ltd. ; F.T.S. (Exports), Ltd. ; Highland Development Trust, Ltd. ; Lothians Star Theatres, Ltd. ; Star Theatre (Lochore), Ltd. ; director, Glasgow and West of Scotland Cinemas,. Ltd. ; Grove Picture House (Glasgow), Ltd. ; Astoria Cinema (Glasgow), Ltd. ; Arbroath Picture House Co., Ltd. ; President of Empire Agencies,. Ltd., and F.T.S., Ltd., Canada, B.C. ; entered trade, 191 1 ; associated with Fleet Cinema Commission, 1917-19 ; first commandant, Army Kinerna Services, 1941 ; deputy director, War Office, 1943-4 ; J. P. for County of West Lothian since 1930. Addresses : Inchgarvie House, South Queensferry, and Drimsynie, Lochgoilhead, Argyll. GROVES, REG., writer-producer, Verity Films Ltd. ; b. 1908 ; editor "World Film News," 1936-37 ; script writer, Strand Film Co., Ltd., 1 938-43 ; Labour Parliamentary Candidate, Aylesbury Division, 1937-45 ; film critic "New Leader" 1939-43-44-45. Addresses: Office : Guild House, 2-6, West Street, W.C.2., Tel. : Temple Bar 5664 ; Private : 2, Granard Road, London, S.W.2. GUMMERSALL, COUN. F. L., chairman, Beeston P.H. (Leeds), Ltd. ; Abbey Entertainments, Ltd. ; b. 1882, Bradford, Vorks ; hon. treasurer, Leeds Branch, C.E.A. ; Coun. City of Leeds, since 1930. Addresses : Office : 20, Bardon Chambers, Infirmary Street, Leeds, 1, Tel. : 25196 ; Private : 13, Grove Hall, Parade, Leeds, n. HAINES, RONALD, B.Sc, F.I.M.T., producer, director and scenarist ; director of British Foundation Pictures, Ltd. ; British Foundation Distributors ; British Documentary Films, Ltd. Address : 171, Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C.i ; Tel. : Temple Bar 8577. HALLET, C. G. HEYS, M.A. (Cantab.), A.I.P.E., M.B.K.S., manager, Arc Lamp Carbon Division, The Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd. ; joined Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., 1925 ; Morgan Crucible Co., 1927 ; manager various divisions and in charge of research, manufacture, sales, arc lamp carbons since 1933 ; chairman, Papers Committee B.K.S., 1941-45. Address: Morgan Crucible, Battersea Church Road, S.W.n. Tei. : Battersea 2250. HAMSON, EUGENE, di-ector and secretary, Northern Amusements, Ltd. ; member Manchester and Salford Branch C.E.A. Committee ; vice-chairman Branch, 1946 ; b. 1906, Haie, Cheshire ; ed. Ratcliffe College, Sheffield ; entered industry 1934; member S. and E. Lanes, and Stockport branches C.E.A. Addresses : Office : Prudential Chambers, South Parade, Rochdale, Tel. : 2072 ; Private : 120, Heaton Moor Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport, Tel. : Heaton 3353. HANCOCK, E., General sales manager M-G-.M ; b. 1894 ; entered the trade 1920 ; Paramount ; P.D.C. ; joined M.-G.-M 1934. Address : 19, Tower Street, W.C.2 ; Tel. : Temple Bar 8444. HAND, DAVID, managing director and production supervisor G.B. Animation, Ltd. ; b. 1900, Plainfield, New Jersey ; ed. Acad. FineArts, Chicago ; began motion picture cartoon career 1919, Chicago, animating "Andy Gump " ; later activities, Bray Studios ; Fleischer Studios ; Walt Disney Studios from 1930; supervisor-director of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," " Bambi " and numerous shorts. Address : Moor Hall, Cookhain, Berks. Tel. : Bourne End 810. HAND, HARRY, production manager, Ealing Studios ; b. 1902, London ; entered industry 1920 ; subsequently recordist, assistant director and production manager. Addresses : Office : Ealing Studios, Ealing Green, W.5, Tel. : Haling 6761 ; Private : 9, Heathway Court,. Finchley Road, N.W.2. HANMER, PHILIP M., managing director, Regent Enterprises, Ltd., and 18 kinema companies ; b. 1899 ; entered business as secretary of Regent Enterprises, 1923 ; chairman of the Liverpool Committee of the C.T.B.F. ; chairman, North Western Branch C.E.A., 1935. Addresses : 51A, Rodney Street, Liverpool, 1. Tel. : Royal 4452 ; 50, Pall Mall, London, S.W.i. HARCOURT, W. M., F.R.P.S., F.B.K.S. ; managing director, Denham Laboratories ; vice-president, B.K.S. ; b. 1901 ; entered business, 1918 ; photographer on expeditions to Tibet, South Sea Islands, South America and Central Africa ; with Paramount, Long Island Studios ; Paramount News, England ; assisted in inauguration Les Actualites Paramount, France ; joined Denham Laboratories, 1936, as assistant general manager ; member, British Standards Institute, Technical Committee CM /2 and CM 6. Addresses: Office: Denham Laboratories, Denham, Middlesex. Tel. : Denham 2323. Private : " Lal-Koti," Latchmoor Avenue, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. Tel. : Gerrards Cross 2950. HARGREAVES, K. N., director and secretary Twentieth Century Productions, Ltd. ; Director Wembley Film Studio, 20th Century-Fox Film Co., Ltd. ; director (alternate for W. C. Michel), G.-B. Picture Corp., Ltd. ; b. 1909 ; sd. at Leys School, Cambridge ; entered industry in 1935 as secretary of 20th CenturyFox Film Co., Ltd. ; appointed secretary British Movietone News, Ltd., in 1936. Address : 20th Century House, Soho Square, W.i ; Tel. : Gerrard 7766. HARLEY, FRANCIS L., vice-president 20th Century-Fox International Corp., in charge of Continent of Europe ; b. 1895 ; ed. University of Pennsylvania ; joined Fox Films, 1926 ; assistant to managing director, Fox, Paris, 1927 ; Near Eastern manager, Athens, 1929 ; managing director, Fox, Brazil, 1930 ; managing director, Fox, Paris, 1935 ; manag