Kinematograph year book (1948)

82 The Kinematograph Year Book. committee S.C.T.B.F. Address : Astoria, Coistorphine, Edinburgh Tel. : 66357. MCINTOSH, MINNIE F., proprietress, Princess Theatre, Dundee ; secretary, Dundee and District section C.E.A. ; b. 1901, Dundee ; entered industry 191 7 ; member Scottish branch C.E.A. committee since 1932 ; delegate to General Council since 1937 ; vice-chairman Scottish branch, 1941, chairman, 1942. Address: Princess Theatre, Hawkhill, Dundee. Tel. : 67210. MCLAREN, JOHN, managing director, John McLaren Pictures, Ltd. Films include : " Great Day " (RKO) ; " Man from Morocco " (A.B.P.C.) ; "The Way to the Stars" (Two Cities) ; " No Orchids for Miss Blandish." Address: 15, Palace Gardens Terrace, W.8. Tel. : Bayswater 3350. MCLAUGHLIN, ROBERT, director, general and booking manager, Caley, P.H., Co., director Cinema Properties, Ltd.; Cinema Holdings (Kirkcaldy), Ltd. ; Inveresk Cinema Co., Ltd. ; East Fife Cinema Co., Ltd. ; Raith Cinema Co., Ltd. ; Granton Cinema Co., Ltd. ; Thorn liebank Cinema Co., Ltd. ; Sighthill Cinema Co., Ltd. ; secretary Leith Cinema Co., Ltd. ; director and secretary, Kinnear Morison, Ltd. ; b. 1898 ; entered industry, 1923 ; chairman Scottish branch C.E.A., 1934. Addresses : Office, 5, Coates Place, Edinburgh. Tel. ; 27361. Private : 8, Abercorn Crescent, Edinburgh. Tel. : 75716. MCPHERSON, J. R., joint managing director, National Screen Service, Ltd. ; b. 1903, Chicago, Illinois ; joined National Screen Service, 1921 ; branch manager, 1926-31 ; mid-Western Division manager, -1931-36 ; special Head Office representative, 1936—40 ; assistant to vice-president, 1940-42 ; executive assistant to president, Herman Robbins, 1942-45. Addresses : Office, Wallace House, 113-117, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 4851-5. Private: 1, Baker's Mews, London. Tel. : Welbeck 8535. MCPHERSON, MERVYN, director of press relations, M.-G.-M. ; b. 1892 ; ed. Clifton College ; journalist in London and New York ; entered Industry as publicity director for "Way Down East," "Orphans of the Storm" and other D. W. Griffith films; engaged by Marcus Loew in 1922 to publicise "Four Horsemen"; thereafter attached to M.-G.-M. first at Tivoli, subsequently at Empire. Address : Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, W.C.i. Tel. : Gerrard 1234 ; 7J78 MEARS, COUN. HARRY P. E., O.B.E. ; exhibitor; b. 1891, . Lewes, Sussex; entered Industry, 1909 ; first war-time president C.E.A. ; chairman Hants and Dorset branch ; chairman Bournemouth section, and Hants and East Dorset delegate to the General Council. Addresses: Office : 303, Wimbourne Road, Bournemouth. Tel. : Winton 790. Private : Woolsbridge, West Moors, Dorset. Tel. : Verwood 238. MERRELLS, T. E., exhibitor ; member South Wales branch C.E.A. committee ; b: 1894, Swansea ; proprietor Mumbles Cinemas , Ltd., Addresses : Office, Tivoli, Mumbles, Swansea. Tel. : 6188. Private : 19, Kenilworth House, Castle Court, Cardiff. Tel. : 6718. METCALFE, CHAS. P., managing director, midYorkshire Entertainments, Ltd. ; NorthEastern Entertainments, Ltd. ; Harrogate Theatre Co., Ltd., Regal (West Hartlepool), Ltd., and European Theatres, Ltd. ; b. 1883, West Hartlepool ; entered trade, 1909 ; president C.E.A., 1937, and past-chairman Leeds C.E.A. branch; member Board of Trade Advisory Committee. Addresses : Office, 58, Street Lane, Leeds, 8. Tel. : 64352. Private : 16, Lidgett Park Road, Roundhav. Leeds. Tel. : 61 631. MILDER, MAX, managing director, Warner Bros. Pictures, Ltd. ; Associated British Pictures Corp., Ltd. ; Associated with trade for 34 years ; 19 in England. Address : Warner House, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 5600. MILGATE, VICTOR, A. M., Northern Manager, Walturdaw Cinema Supply Co., Ltd. b. 1895; ed. Battersea Polytechnic ; Manchester Technical College. Past-president, Lancashire Cinema Old Boys Association. Addresses: Office : 3, The Parsonage, Manchester, 3. Tel. : Blackfriars 9901. Private : 3, Saxon Avenue, Manchester, 8. MILLAR, HAROLD B., Central European Supervisor, Eagle-Lion Distributors ; chairman, Rallim Theatres, Ltd. b. 1902: engineer ; late proprietor of Princes Cinema, Brighton ; pioneer exhibitor of Continental and unusual films. Address: 7, Tongdean Avenue, Hove, 4. Tel. : Preston 4206. MILLER, WILLIAM, general manager Ogden Circuit ; director Cinemas (Manchester), Ltd. ; Picture House (Oldham), 1927, Ltd. ; Warston Pictures, Ltd. ; b. 1906, Manchester ; joined Ogden Circuit as accountant, 1933 ; promoted general manager, 1944 ; member Manchester and Salford C.E.A. committee ; secretary, Society of Cinematurians, Manchester. Addresses: Office : 196, Deansgate, Manchester 3. Tel. : Blackfriars 7445. Private : 28, Leinster Road, Swinton, Manchester, Tel. : Swinton 2361. MILLS, STANLEY C, divisional supervisor, A "B.C. ; member Sussex branch C.E.A. committee ; delegate to General Council ; 1x 1896, London ; entered trade as kinema musician, 1819 ; manager, 1929-43 ; appointed London area supervisor, A. B.C., 1943. Addresses: Astoria, Brighton. Tel.: 5328. Private : 30, York Avenue, Hove. Tel. : Hove 8482. MILSOM, PERCY J., general manager, Isle of Wight Theatres, Ltd. ; b. 1902 ; son of P. B. Milsom, first kinema proprietor in I.-o-W. ; entered Industry as projectionist assisted late Arthur Hill in building circuit now known as the I.-o-W. Theatres, Ltd. ; supervisor and booking manager, 1934 ; general manager, 1936 ; chairman of Portsmouth and I.-o-W. branch C.E.A., 1943; Addresses: Office: Theatre Royal, Ryde. Tel.: Rvde 2387. Private: " Somerh'ill," Mayfield Road, Ryde. MINNEY, R. J., producer, Premier Productions, b. 1895, Calcutta ; ed. King's College, London ; started script writing 1934 ; " Clive of India," "Dear Octopus," "Woman of France," and collaborated in others ; producer 1943 ; "Madonna of the Seven Moons," "A Place