Kinematograph year book (1948)

Who's What in the Industry 79 LEAN, DAVID, film director ; director Independent Producers, Ltd. ; Cineguild, Ltd. ; b. 1908, Croydon ; entered Industry 1928 as camera assistant ; later assistant director and editor " Escape Me Never," " Pygmalion," "49th Parallel"; from 1942 has directed " In Which We Serve " (co-director with Noel Coward) ; " This Happy Breed " and " Blithe Spirit" (Noel Coward — Two Cities) ; "Brief Encounter" (Noel Coward — Cineguild); "Great Expectations" (Cineguild) ; "Oliver Twist." Address: Cineguild, Ltd., Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Bucks. Tel. : Iver 700. LEA, ROLAND, chief of theatre dept., A. B.C. and Union Cinemas ; b. 1887, London ; entered Trade 1909 ; Midlands Circuit manager United Electric, 191 1 ; subsequently manager Westover, Bournemouth, when acquired by A. B.C., 1928 ; appointed Liverpool area supervisor, 1929; Birmingham area, 1930 ; chief supervisor, 1935 ; present appointment, 1942. Address: Office: 30, Golden Square, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 7887. LEE, NORMAN, author-director; wrote screen play with R. J. Minney "Idol of Paris" ( OstrerPremier) ; screen adaptation "The Monkey's Paw." Address: 20, Brown Street, Bryanston Square, W.i. Tel. : Ambassador 4232. Representation : Myron Selznick (films) ; Joan Ling (plays). LEE-TKOMPSON, J., writer; b. 1914, Bristol ; ed. Dover College ; on British stage from 1931 ; repertory ; stage manager ; author of plays; "Climax," "Murder Happens," " Double Error," " Chocks Away " (revue); "Thousands of Summers" (in collaboration Dudley Leslie) ; ' ' Murder Without Crime," "Curious Dr. Robson " ; entered Industry as scenario writer, 1934 ; pictures include "Price of Folly," "Middle Watch," "East of Piccadilly," "For Them that Trespass." Under contract A.B.P.C. Address : Colquhoun House, Broadwick Street, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 8646. LEEVERS, NORMAN, B.Sc, A.C.G.L, chairman and managing director Leevers Rich & Co., Ltd. ; managing director British Cine Recording, Ltd. ; ed. London University ; employed C.F.T.H. Acoustic Laboratories, Paris, 1928 ; joined Film Recorders, Ltd., 1930 ; chief sound engineer British Screen Service, 1933 ; formed Leevers, Rich & Co., Ltd., 1936. Addresses: Office: 80, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 4161. Private : 34, St. Stephens Gardens, St. Margarets, Twickenham. Tel. : Popesgrove 2346. LENNARD, ROBERT, casting director, A.B.P.C; b. 1910, London ; entered Industry, 1926 ; assistant casting director, B.I. P. ; " casting director, Capital Film Corporation ; casting director, Grafton Films, " Stars Look Down," and "Hatter's Castle." Address : Colquhoun House, Broadwick Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 8646. LENTON, F. T., F.A.I. A., managing director, Sherwood Films, Ltd. ; Kinograph Distributors, Ltd. ; hon. secretary and treasurer British Short Film Makers' Society, Ltd. ; b. 1889, London ; member Cinema Veterans. Addresses : Office:" 26-27, D'Arblav Street, London, W.r. Tel. : Gerrard 4148. Private : 6, Braxted Park, S.W.16. Tel. : Pollards 4040. L'EPINE-SMITH, ERIC, associate producer, Edward Dryhurst Productions, Ltd. ; b. 1903, Thornton Heath, Surrey ; founded Partners Screen Plays, Alldith Screen Services, wrote and directed three films, 1914 — 20 ; stage actor, scenario and play writer, 1921 — 28 ; founded Essanay Productions, Ltd, 1937; casting director Warner Bros., 1940; casting director British Aviation Pictures, Ltd., 1944. Address : Piccadilly House, Piccadilly Circus, London, W.i. Tel. : Regent 0201. LESLIE, DUDLEY, writer-director, A.B.P.C. ; ed. Oxford University and Haileybury ; entered Industry as scenario writer, 1933 ; screen plays include "Ourselves Alone," "Sensation," "The Outsider," "Living Dangerouslv," " Jane Steps Out," " Glamorous Night," "Black Limelight," "Hell's Cargo," and "The Housemaster"; scripts, " The Card," " The Miracle of Peille," and, in collaboration, " My Brother Jonathan," "My Kind of Music." Addresses: Office: Colquhoun House, Broadwick Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 8646. Private : 34. Barkston Gardens, S.W.5. Tel. : Frobisher 2015. LEVY, JULIAN, F.A.L.P.A., F.V.A. Partner firm, Harris & Gillow, kinema theatre valuers and agents, b. 1895 ; entered Industry, 1911. Address: 93-95, Wardour Street. W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 2506. LEVY, MORRIS M., A.M.Inst.B.E. ; managing director Lion Cinematograph Co., Ltd. ; chairman Kent branch C.E.A., 1934, 1941, 1946 ; entered Industry 1909 ; founded Lion Cine Co., 1910 ; member of C.E.A. General Council ; trustee of Kent branch ; member of L. and H.C. branch committee ; trustee London branch ; a founder of the Film Flying Club. Addresses: Office : 43, Whitcomb Street, W.C.2. Tel.: Whitehall 740^. Priv tte : Westminster Lodge, 34, Highfield Gardens, N.VV.11. Tel. : Speedwell 8788. LEWIS, L., A.C.A., director and secretary United Artists' Corporation, Ltd. ; United Artists (Export), Ltd. ; and associated companies ; director Odeon Cinema Holdings, Ltd. ; Odeon Theatres, Ltd. ; and associated companies. Address : 142, Wardour Street, London, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 5084. LEWIS, SYDNEY K., personnel manager, A.B.P.C; b. 1898; entered Industry after training as accountant ; after experience as manager appointed general manager, Charles K. Deeming Circuit ; past-chairman, Birmingham branch C.E.A. ; past-president, C.E.A. ; London delegate to General Council ; joined A.B.P.C, Ltd., as Public Relations Officer, 1943. Addresses: Office: 30/31, Golden Square, London, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard7887. Private: 162, Leicester Road, Loughborough, Leics. Tel. : Loughborough 3303. LEWIS, WYNDHAM, L.R.A.M., A.T.C.L., managing director, West of England Cinemas, Ltd. ; Maindee Cinemas, Ltd. b. 1910. ed. Neath Secondary School. Entered industry as musician ; transferred to management, Theatre de Luxe, Gloucester ; later Odeon, Llandudno ; Odeon, Swiss Cottage ; served with R.A.F., five years. Vice-chairman South Wales and Monmouthshire branch C.E.A., 1947. Address: Office: 2, St. Andrews Place, Cardiff. Tel. : Cardiff 1963.