Kinematograph year book (1948)

Who's What in the Industry. 57 Ltd. Joint patentee in 1907 of the automatic shutter for projectors. Joint patentee in 1908 of the Moy camera. Life hon member of the London Association of Engineers. Addresses : Office : 134, Bayham Street, X.W.i. Tel.:. Gulliver 5451. Private: 6, Beech Drive, Fortis Green, N.2. Tel. : Tudor 4031. BATES, F. STANLEY, joint managing director, Odeon Theatres, Ltd. ; director, Odeon Properties, Ltd. ; Odeon Associated Theatres, Ltd. b. 1899. Addresses : Office : Albion House, New Oxford Street, W.C.i.; Tel. : Temple Bar 4333; Private: "Flagstones," Angmering-on-Sea, Sussex. Tel. Rustington 369. BAUIH, MAURICE, general manager Dublin Cinemas, Ltd. and managing director Roxy Cinemas, -Ltd. ; b. 1912, son of a pioneer of trade ; connected with kmemas and variety in Manchester, Salford, Stretford, Oldham ; appointed general manager Dublin Cinemas, Ltd., 1935 ; formed Roxy Cinemas and bought Picture House, Bray, 1937 ; managing director, Rialto, Wicklow ; past-president T. and C.A. of Eire. Addresses : 70, Middle Abbey Street and 36, Dawson Street, Dublin. Tel. : 51167 and 71432. BAXTER, JOHN-, independent film producerdirector ; started directing Sound City 1933 ; films include: "Doss House," "Reunion," "Song of the Plough," "Lest We Forget," " Song of the Road," " Flood Tide," " Music Hall," " Say It With Flowers," " Say It With Song," "The Small Man," "Men of Yesterday," "Love on the' Dole," "The Common Touch," "The Shipbuilders," "Let the People Sing," " Stepping Toes," "Dreaming," "Here Comes the Sun," "The Grand Escapade," "Nothing Venture," "When You Come Home," " Fortune Lane." Adress : 66, Deaconshill Road, Elstree. BEAUMONT, J. T., managing director, Plaza, and Lounge Cinemas, Huddersfield ; b. July 3, 1882, Huddersfield ; entered trade as projectionist, 1915 ; director, secretary and manager, Premier, Huddersfield, 1922-30 ; promoted' company to acquire Cinema. Huddersfield, and rebuilt as Plaza ; opened Lounge Cinema, 1937 ; secretary, Huddersfield Cinemas Association, 1929-30, and president, 1939 to 1946. Addresses : Office : Plaza, Huddersfield. lei.: 3555; Private: 51, Larch Road, Paddock, Huddersfield. BECKETT, EDWARD W., managing director, Publicity Films, Ltd. Address : Guild House, Upper St. Martins Lane, W.C.2. Tel. : Temple Bar 5420. BELL, MAJOR C. H., O.B.E., general manager G.B.-Kalee, Ltd. ; b. 1890 ; specialist in electrical and mechanical installations for kinemas and film studios, Address : 60, Wardour Street W.i. Tel : Gerrard 9531. BELL, J. COVERDALE, genera manager, Newcastle Entertainments, Ltd. ; member Northern Branch C.E.A. Committee ; b. 1874, South Shields ; general manager of Brighton Electric Theatre and Assembly Rooms, Newcastle for over 35 years ; past-chairman of Northern branch for four years. Address : Brighton Electric Theatre, Westgate Road, Newcastle. Tel. : 34462. BELL, OLIVER, J.P., director of British Film Institute since 1936 ; 1943-5, secretary AudioVisual Aids Commission ; Inter-Allied Education Conference ; Member Church of England Films Commission ; member of Children's Advisory Films Council. Addresses : Private : 2A, Aylward Road, Merton Park, S.W.20. Tel. : Liberty 3042. Office : 4, Great Russell Street, W.i. Tel. : Museum 0607. 3END0N, S., supervisor for Gourock P.H., Ltd.; Pavilion (Kirkintilloch), Ltd. ; Paisley Entertainments, Ltd. ; b. 1889, Glasgow ; independent renter until 1940 ; was Scottish rep. K.R.S. Council for number of years. Addresses : Office : 156, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. Tel. : Central 2522 ; Private : 3 Crown Gardens, Glasgow. Tel. : Western 2698. BENJAMIN, DAN, formerly proprietor, Princes, Brighton ; b. 1884 ; entered industry in 1916 as manager of the Haymarket, Norwich, and in 1919 became managing director of company controlling Haymarket and Theatre de Luxe, Norwich ; vice-chairman of the Eastern Counties Branch of the C.E.A. , 1918-30 ; joint director and managing director Maidstone Cinemas, Ltd., 1930 ; acquired Princes, Brighton, 1935 ; chairman, Sussex C.E.A. Branch, 1938-40. Address : 30, Brunswick Square, Hove. Tel. : Hove 3818. BENNELL, RITSON, supervisor, G.B. circuit, Scotland. Entered trade 19 12 as buyer for B.B. Pictures; subsequently with Goldwyn and Gaumont Co ; rejoined B. B. Pictures as man. director 1926; joined G.B. 1929. Delegate to General Council. C.E.A. Address: New Savoy, Hope St., Glasgow. BERNSTEIN, CECIL G., director, The Granada Theatres, Ltd. ; managing director, Denman (London) Cinemas, Ltd. Address : 36, Golden Square, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 3554. BERNSTEIN, SIDNEY L., chairman, The Granada Theatres, Ltd. ; president, The Transatlantic Pictures Corp. (U.S.A.) ; a founder of the Film Society ; honorary films adviser to Ministry of Information, 19401945 ; chief of films section, Allied Forces headquarters, in North Africa, 1942-1943 ; chief of films section, S.H.A.E.F., 1944-1945. Address : 36, Golden Square, London, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 3554. BERRIMAN, WILLIAM, secretary and general manager, Miners Welfare Hall Cinema Circuit. Trustee, South Wales and Monmouthshire Branch C.E.A. b. 1898. Addresses : Office : New Cinema, Hopkinstown, Pontypridd. Tel. : Pontypridd 2431. Private : Mount Pleasant, Maestcoed, Pontypridd. Tel. : Pontypridd 2566. BEST, JOSEPH, principal, Joseph Best (Productions), Ltd. Associated with trade for 25 years as author, editor, cameraman, and producer. Formerly literary editor to Methuens Heinemann's. Entered industry with Charles Pathe. Recent films, ' ' Romantic India," "Your Face is Your Fortune," " Robeson on Africa," " Sidelights on Egypt." Addresses : Office : 176, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 3601. Private : 14, Cleve Road, N.W.6. Tel. : Maida Vale 9013.