Kinematograph year book (1948)

Who's What in the Industry. 75 Address: Merton Park Studios, 269, Kingston Road, Merton Park, S.W.9. Tel. : Liberty 4291. HOCKMAN, W. A., controller, "L" circuit; Gaumont-British Picture Corp., Ltd. ; member Manchester, Salford and District Branch C.E.A. Committee ; b. 1902, London ; 20 years with G. B. and associated companies ; asst. divisional superintendent, 1945, vicechairman, Cinema turians, 1945. Addresses : Office : Gaumont, Manchester, 1. Tel.: Central 7878-9 ; Private : Grange House, Grange Street, Rusholme, Manchester, 14. Tel. : Rusholme 2953. HOELLERENG, G. M., director Film Traders, Ltd. ; Academy Cinema, Ltd. ; b. 1897, Baden, Austria ; entered business on Continent as cutter, 191 8 ; producer, director and scenario writer for shorts and features. Address; 167, Oxford Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 9425-7. HOLDERNESS, LESLIE, general manager, Odeon, Birmingham ; chairman, Birmingham Society of Cinema Managers, C.E.A. ; b. 1889, Aldershot; entered business Winnipeg, Canada, 1906 ; came to England, 1909, and opened Picture Playhouse, Beverley ; joined P.C.T. 1919 : Paramount, 1925 ; theatre controller Union Cinemas, 1936 ; Odeon, 1941. Addresses : Odeon, Birmingham. Tel. : 6101 ; Private : '' Journevs End," 57, Walsall Road, Little Aston, Staffs. Tel. : Streetley 7182. HOLME, SIR RANDLE F., director RKO-Radio Pictures, Ltd. ; Alliance Productions, Ltd. ; b. 1864 ; ed. Sherborne ; Corpus Christi College, Oxford ; senior member firm Godden, Holme & Co., Addresses: Office: 5, Upper Belgrave Street, London, S.W.i. Tel.: Sloane 5215 ; Private : 20, Hyde Park Place, W.2. Tel. : Pkldington 6580. HONRI, BAYNHAM, studio manager and technical supervisor, Ealing Studios ; b. 1903, London ; ed. Mill Hill School ; started at Stoll Studios, Cricklewood, and subsequently with other companies on camera side ; five years Research department, B.B.C. ; returned to films with advent of sound and was head of technical departments, Gainsborough, Twickenham and Sound City Studios ; was general manager Stoll Picture Productions and associate producer John Baxter Productions, Ltd. ; member of B.K.S. Council. Address: Ealing Studios, Ealing Green, W.5. Tel. : Ealing 6761. HOPE, S. H., chairman and managing director, Hope Advertising Service, Ltd. b. 1898. Address: Gloucester House, 19, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2. Tel. : Whitehall 2966. HOPKINS, HARRY, director, Palace, Leeds; vice-chairman, Leeds branch, C.E.A. ; b.' 1879, London. Delegate to General Council for many years, and ex-chairman, Leeds branch. Addresses : Office : Palace, Leeds. Tel. : 23343. Private : 6, Bank View, Chappell Ailerton, Leeds 7. Tel. : 42802. HOWE, SELBY, publicity director, 20th CenturyFox ; b. London ; educated, St. Marks, Balham. Joined Jury's Imperial Pictures as advertising and publicity director, 1916, and in same position with M-G-M until August, 1941. Went to Radio Pictures as exploiteer and special representative, and joined 20th Century-Fox, 1942. Addresses : Office: 31-2, Soho Square, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 7766. Private : 55, Chiltern Road, Sutton, Surrey. Tel. : Vigilant 6293. HOWIE, ALEX, founder and managing director, Rex Publicity Service, Ltd., and Art Display Service, Ltd. ; b. Lanarkshire. Associate of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. Addresses : Office : 131, New Bond Street, London, W.i. Tel.: Mayfah-7571. Private: The Spa, Tunbridge Wells. Tel. : Tunbridge Wells 191 1. HOYLE, BERT, general manager, Palace and Empire Cinemas, Haslingden, Ltd. ;, vicechairman, S. and E. Lanes branch, C.E.A. ; b. 1898. Addresses i Office : Empire, Haslingden. Tel. : Rossendale 269. Private : ■Carr Hall, Haslingden. Tel.: Rossendale 156. HUDDLESTON, COUN. ERNEST A., chairman and managing director, Witney Electric Theatre, Ltd. ; Sterling Entertainments, Ltd. ; member L. and H.C. branch, C.E.A. committee; b. 1874. Enteied Industry, 1919. Member Witney U.D.C. since 19 19 ; Oxfordshire C.C. since 1933. Addresses: Office: Palace Witney, Oxon. Tel. : 147. Private : 59, Corn Street, Witney. Tel. : 253. HUDSON, W. S., managing director, Hudson Cinemas, Ltd. ; b. 1899, Bradford, Yorks ; joined A. B.C. after various managerial appointments ; finally promoted area supervisor ; left A. B.C. 1945 to form present company. Addresses : Office : The Picture House, Sheringham, Norfolk. Tel. : 347 ; Private : 7, Hauxton Road, Trumpington, Cambs. Tel. : 263. HUGHES, HERBERT DELAUNEY, B.A., M P., chairman, Committee for the Preparation of Visual Aids in Education, b. 1914. ed. Balliol College, Oxford. Elected M.P., West Wolverhampton, 1945 ; P.P.S. to late Ellen Wilkinson, Minister of Education ; author of " Advance in Education." Address: House of Commons, S.W.i. HUGHES-ROBERTS, J. G., M.V.O., Government Cinematograph Adviser since May, 1934 ; b. 1894 ; entered H.M. Stationery Office, 191 1; Addresses: H.M. Stationery Office, 65, Whitehall, S.W.i. Tel.: Whitehall 8855-9, and Room 0028, War Office, Whitehall. Tel : Whitehall 9400. Extn. 326. HUTCHINSON, F. E., managing director of sales, Paramount Film Service, Ltd. ; entered industry 1908, with New Century Film Service ; remained after merger with Jury Imperial Pictures and when company became Jury-Metro-Goldwyn, Ltd. ; appointed manager new Sheffield Branch, 191 5 ; N. District manager, 1927 ; assistant sales manager, U.K., 1930-41 ; appointed general sales manager, Paramount, 1941 ; appointed to board 1946. Address: 170, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 7700. HUTCHISON, J. H., general manager, Ambassador, Hendon ; author, "The Complete Kinemanager " ; ed. Edinburgh University ; wrote "So This is War" under pen name Bombardier X. ; entered business with Moss Empires at Swansea and Newcastle ; later general manager Northern Entertainment Co., Ltd. ; general manager, King's, Palace and Elite, Wimbledon. Address : 5, Cheyne Close, Hendon, N.W. Tel. : Hendon 6640.