Kinematograph year book (1948)

94 The Kinematograph Year Book. TAYLOR, DONALD, producer, Gryphon Films ; b. 1911 ; with John Grierson, E.M.B., and G.P.O. Film Unit, 1930-34 ; director productions, Strand Film Co., 1934-35 ; managing director, Strand Film Co., 1935-43 ; producer Gryphon Films, 1943-5 ; report of Germany for British Control Commission, 1946 ; original story and screenplay ' ' Till We Meet Again," 1946; "The Doctor and the Devils" (Gainsborough); "The Importance of Being Ernest " (Two Cities) ; associate producer, "Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill" (Two Cities), 1947. Address: Hill Cottage, Hedgerley Dean, Bucks. Tel. : Farnham Common 404. TAYLOR, GEOFFREY C. G., managing director, Cornwall Cinemas (Newquay), Ltd. ; member Devon and Cornwall Branch C.E.A. Committee ; b. 1912, Portland, Dorset ; educated Dunheved College, Launceston ; started 1 6mm. running shows in village halls, clubs and hotels ; purchased Palace, Hayle, and formed Cornwall Cinemas (Newquay), Ltd., to run road-shows with 35mm. transportable equipment. Addresses: Office: " Penland," Fore Street, St. Agnes. Tel. : St. Agnes 103. Private : Norway House, Tresawls Road, Truro. TAYLOR, GEORGE, J. P., general manager, George Taylor circuit ; member Scottish Branch C.E.A. Committee ; Chairman, S.C.T.B.F., b. Glasgow. Addresses : Office : 27, Merkland Street, Glasgow, W.i, Tel. : Western 2766 ; Private : 53, Airthrey Avenue, Glasgow, W.4, Tel. : Scotstoun 2424. TAYLOR, SIDNEY, general manager, A.B.F.D., Ltd. ; b. 1898 ; educated Public School ; joined Ideal in 1914 ; executive with W. & F., G.B.D. and 20th Century-Fox ; general sales manager Ealing Distribution from 1941 to 1944. Address : Ealing House, 169, Oxford Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 2644. TAYLOR, W. J., general theatre controller, Odeon ; entered trade 1919 ; joined head office staff Midlands Entertainments, Ltd. ; became general manager for late Oscar Deutsch, 1925 ; appointed general theatre controller, Odeon, 1942. Address : Albion House, Bucknall Street, W.C.i. Tel. : Temple Bar 4333. THEARLE, FREDERICK W., director, Educational Visual Aids, Ltd. ; Hastings-Hodgkins, Ltd. ; C. T. Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ; Associated Kinema Suppliers. Entered industry 1908. Formerly representative, J. Frank Brockliss and Siemens Carbons ; sales manager, Conrady Products, AndrewSmith Harkness. Addresses: Office : 161, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 6632. 8243. Private: "The Firs," Lackford Road, Chipstead, Surrey. Tel. : Downland 1563. THOMAS, HOWARD, producer-in-chief, Pathe Pictures, Ltd ; writer for radio, stage and theatre ; became B.B.C. producer, originating "The Brains Trust" and "Shipmates Ashore"; author of "Brighter Blackout Book," "How to Write for Broadcasting" and "Britain's Brains Trust." Addresses: Office : 103, Wardour Street, W.i, Tel. : Gerrard 5701 ; Private : Daleside House, Dukes Wood Drive, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. Tel. : Gerrards Cross 3590 THORPE, JOHN, managing director London and Overseas Film Service, Ltd ; entered trade 1 910 with the Film Service ; became exclusive manager Path6 Frexes ; opened the Cardiff branch 1913 ; manager serial department, 1916 ; joined Bolton's Mutual Films, 1918, which subsequently became Wardour Films ; remained general manager until 1927, then general manager of B.I. P. ; formed Associated Metropolitan Pictures, Ltd, 1931 ; GaumontBritish Picture Corporation, Ltd., foreign manager. 1932 ; resigned 1933, to establish British and Overseas Film Sales, Ltd. ; resigned 1944 ; formed London and Overseas Film Services. Addresses : Office : 247, Regent Street, W.i, Tel. : Regent 5946 ; Private : 93, Uphill Road, Mill Hill, N.W.7, Tel. : Mill Hill 1832. THORPE, MAX, assistant managing director, Columbia Picture Corp., Ltd. ; b. 1897, Yorkshire ; manager Leeds, Newcastle, Cardiff and Manchester branches, and afterwards London manager, Universal, then sales manager, Warner Bros. Pictures, Ltd. ; joined Columbia, 1933. Address : 139, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 4321. THUMWOOD, THEODORE R., joint managing director of W. M. Larkin & Co., Ltd., animated and diagram cartoon producers, associated with Film Prods., Guild, b. 1892 ; entered industry 1909 ; Merton Park Studios, 1924 ; organised technical animation dept., 1940 ; appointed to board 1944 ; appointed present post 1947. Addresses: Office: 51, Charles Street, W.i. Tel.: Mayfair 1138 and 269, Kingston Road, S.W.19. Tel. : Liberty 4291. TOOTH ILL, PERCY, director of several Sheffield kinemas ; chairman Sheffield Branch C.E.A., 1947 ; educated Sheffield Royal Grammar School ; senior partner, Henry Toothill & Son, incorporated accountants. Addresses: Office : 91 1, Figtree Lane, Sheffield, 1. Tel. : 25475. Private : 70, Grove Road, Millhouses, Sheffield, Tel. : 70744. TOWERS, F. TRUEMAN, Leicester supervisor, H. D. Moorhouse Circuit ; treasurer, Leicester Branch C.E.A. ; b. 1898, Cleethorpes. Entered trade, 1919 ; Joined H. D. Moorhouse, 1926. Addresses : Office : Olympic P.T., Narborough Road, Leicester. Tel. : 22373. Private : 33, Barbara Road, Leicester. TOZER, ALEXANDER R, managing director, Pathe of France, Ltd. Joined original Pathe Freres Cinema Company, 1910, under Charles Pathe. After 1918 became London Agent for Pathe Film Stock, and subsequently managing director, Pathe of France, Ltd. Address : National House, 60 /66, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 11 63/4. TRAVERS, ALFRED, film director, British National Films, Ltd. ; b. 1906, Istanbul, Turkey ; personal assistant to Paul Czinner in France and Germany ; work in England has included editor, script writer, producer and director on British Council, War Office films, and Dutch Government feature " Glorious Colours." Latest films " Meet the Navy," " Double Alibi." Address: National Studios Boreham Wood, Herts. Tel. : Elstree 1644'. TRITTON, RONALD, director, Films Division, Central Office of Information, b. 1907. Publicity director Savoy group of hotels