Kinematograph year book (1948)

62 The Kinematograph Year Book. Fugitive," "The First Gentleman." Addresses : Agent : Linnit and Dunfee, 28, Brook Street, W.i. Private : 13, Shooter's Hill Road, Blackheath, S.E.3. Tel. : Greenwich 2448. CHAMBERLAIN, F. G. W., proprietor, Gaiety, Bristol ; chairman, Bristol and West of England Branch C.E.A. ; delegate to General Council; b. 1893, Southampton; entered trade, 1917 ; acquired Knowle P.H., 1918 ; built Gaiety, 1932, and Broadway, 1937; vicechairman, Bristol Branch, 1921-36 ; chairman since 1936. Address : Gaiety, Wells Road, Bristol, 4. Tel. : 76224. CHAMPION, CHARLES H., M.I.Mech.E., M.A.S.M.E., M.A.I.E.E., A.M.I.E.E. F.R.S.A., F.R.P.S., M.I.E.S., F.B.K.S. ; chairman and managing director, Charles H. Champion & Co., Ltd. ; managing director Ship Carbon Co. of Great Britain, Ltd. Technical manager, U.S. branch of Union Electric Co., 191 2 ; founded Charles H. Champion & Co., Ltd., 1921. Addresses : Office : National House, 60-66, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 9376. Private : One, Faircares, Roehampton Lane, S.W.15. Tel. : Prospect 6180. CHILTON, THOMAS, M.B.K.S. ; joint managing director, J. Frank Brockliss, Ltd. ; ed. Durham University ; entered trade with T. Thompson Film Hire Service ; subsequently supervising branch manager, Thompson-Thanhouser Films Ltd., Imperial Film Co., Ltd., and Hepworth Film Service, Ltd. ; joined J. Frank Brockliss, Ltd., 1924, as general manager ; director, 1928 ; joint managing director, 1939 ; also director Powers Distributing Corporation, Ltd. ; member Projection Advisory Council, U.S.A. Address : 167, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 291 1. CHIPCHASE, CHARLES, chairman, Regal, (Walker), Ltd. ; member Northern Branch C.E.A. committee ; delegate to General Council ; b. 1880, Cotherston. Member firm of Chipchase, Wood and Jacobs, chartered accountants ; at present, accountant to 37 kinemas. Addresses : Offices : 74, Newman Street, London, W.i. Tel. : Museum 1021 ; 125, Albert Road, Middlesbrough. Tel. : Middlesbrough 3254. Private : " Lathbury," Cotherston, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. Tel. : Cotherston 214. CHURCH, GILBERT, managing director, Ambassador Film Prods., Ltd. ; Famous Films (London), Ltd. ; Famous Films (Midlands), Ltd. ; Midland Exclusives, Ltd. ; Pioneer Exclusives, Ltd. ; Royalty Theatre (Bourne End), Ltd. ; Motion Pictures, Ltd. ; Majestic Films, Ltd. ; Bushey Film Studios, Ltd. ; b. 1899, London. Formed Gilbert Film Service, 1914 ; responsible for first talking films in the Midlands (Phonofilms) ; purchased assets of Twickenham Film Productions, Ltd. and Real Art Pictures, Ltd., 1945. Address : 9, Weymouth Court, Weymouth Street, W.i. Tel. : Langham 1581. CLARKE, CHARLES, chairman and managing director, Portsmouth Theatres, Ltd. ; delegate of Portsmouth I.o.W. Branch, C.E.A. ; manager, King's Theatre, Southsea, 1920 ; appointed general manager, Portsmouth Theatres, Ltd., 1935 ; joint managing director in 1940 ; vice-chairman of Portsmouth Branch C.E.A., 1938-39, 1944-45 ; chairman, 1940-41, 1946. Address : 6, Solent Gate, Southsea, Hants. Tel. : Portsmouth 31562. CLARKE, T. E. B., scriptwriter ; b. 1907, Watford. Formerly journalist and novelist. Films include : " For Those in Peril," " HalfWay House," "Champagne Charlie" lyrics, "Johnny Frenchman," "Dead of Night," "Hue and Cry," "Against the Wind." Adresses : Office : Ealing Studios, W.5. Tel.: Ealing 6761. Private: " Tremona," Oxted, Surrey. Tel. : Oxted 183. CLARK, ROBERT, production executive, Associated British Picture Corpn., Ltd. ; b. 1905, Scotland. Graduated M.A., LL.B., Glasgow. University, 1925, and called to Bar, 1929 ; Entered Trade Elstree Studios, 1929 ; Took charge of production at Welwyn Studios, *935 ; appointed director A.B.P.C., Ltd., 1945; films produced include : — ' ' The Man from Morocco," " I Live in Grosvenor Square," " Night Boat to Dublin," and " Quiet Weekend." Address: Film House, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 4314. CLAYTON, ELISHA MONTAGUE CHARLES, exhibitor ; b. 1882. Entered trade 1903 ; proprietor, Clayton's Bioscope, Sheffield ; managing director, Oxford Picture Hous'e, Heeley Electric Palace, Pavilion, Attercliffe, Sheffield, and Electric Palace, Parkgate, Rotherham ; director of Heeley and Amalgamated Cinemas, Ltd., Sheffield ; managing director, Palace, Woodseats, Sheffield, and Goldthorpe Hippodrome, Ltd., near Barnsley. Addresses : Bank Chambers, 70, The Moor, and 535, Fulwood Road, Sheffield. Tel. : Sheffield 31258. CLIFT, SIR S. W., chairman and managing director, Clifton Circuit; b. 1885, Birmingham; national president C.E.A., 1944-45. Addresses : Office : 5, Union Street, Birmingham. Tel. : Midland 3541. Private : 2, Moor Green Lane, Moseley, Birmingham. Tel. : South 3283. CLOW, COUNC. CHARLES WILLIAM, manager Plaza, Grimsby ; secretary North Lines. Branch C.E.A. b. 1899, ed. Carlinghow School, Batley, Yorks. Entered industry as chocolate boy, 1908 ; subsequently became operator and then manager ; general manager and secretary, Regent Pictures Batley, Ltd. ; manager, Grimsby ; interested in child welfare and serves on numerous local committees. Addresses : Office : Plaza, Grimsby. Tel. : Grimsby 3131. Private : Hilcrest, 180, Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby. Tel. : Cleethorpes 61 851. COLE, SIDNEY, associate producer, Ealing Studios, Ltd. ; vice-president, A.C.T. ; b. 1908, London ; entered industry Stolls, 1930 ; directed shorts in Republican Spain during Civil war, 1938 ; supervising editor for British National, Leslie Howard, Ealing. Addresses : Office : Ealing Studios, Ealing Green, W.5. Tel.: Ealing 6761. Private: 40, Warwick Road, Ealing, W.5. Tel. : Ealing 1152. COLES, GEORGE, F.R.I.B.A. ; b. 1884 ; architect, specialist in kinema design ; architectural editor Ideal Kinema. Addresses : Office : 40, Craven Street, Strand, W.C.2. Tel. : White, hall 7756. Private : Buck's Head, Manning's Heath, Sussex. Tel. : Lower Beeding 38. COPLAN, DAVID H., managing director, United Artists' Corporation, Ltd. ; managing director, United Artists' (Export) Ltd. ; director, Odeon Cinema Holdings, Ltd. ; director,