Kinematograph year book (1949)

100 The Kinematograph Year Book. Division, C.O.I. 1946-8. Addresses : Office : Britannic House, Finsbury Circus, E.C.2. Tel. : Central 7422. Private : 34, Jubilee Place, Chelsea, S.W.3. Tel. : Flaxman 4301. TURNBULL, D., circuit controller, Tyneside area, G.-B. Picture Corp. ; b. 1904, Catterick Bridge, Yorks. Entered Trade 1929, as assistant manager ; assistant divisional superintendent, 1943 ; circuit controller, 1946. Addresses : Office : Havelock Chambers, Fawcett Street, Sunderland. Tel.: 2380. Private: 25, Beverley Gardens, Cullercoats, Northumberland. TURNBULL, ELLIOTT, proprietor, Savoy, Shaftesbury, Plaza, Wincanton ; member Hants and E. Dorset Branch C.E.A. Committee ; b. 1902. W. Hartlepool, Durham. Managerial appointments, 1926-44. Trustee Hants and Dorset Branch C.E.A. Address: Long Copse, Coombe, Shaftesbury. Tel. : : 2465. TURNBULL, ERNEST, managing director Hoyts Theatres, Ltd. ; b. Melbourne, 1894. First came into contact with industry in 1923 as officer of Commonwealth Government publicity department. Later managing director Gaumont British Dominion Film Distributors ; began first all-British house, Melbourne, 1932. Was also general manager Fox Film Corp. From 1941, managing director, Hoyts. TURNER, EDWARD GEORGE, R.S.A., managing director, Perforated Front Projection Screen Co., Ltd. ; Patent Fireproof Rear Projection Screen Co., Ltd. ; b. 1872. Joined Industry, 1896 as film renter; pioneer of film producing in Great Britain, and with J. D. Walker, of the film renting system ; with the late W. Holmes, he was inventor of fireproof gate, automatic shutter and spool boxes ; maker and user of first iron operating box with automatic shutters ; in 1904 with J. D. Walker and G. H. Dawson, formed Walturdaw Co. ; past chairman of the K.R.S. and K.M.A. ; jubilee year president, Cinema Veterans, 1946. Addresses : Office : 43, Higham Street, Walthamstow, E.17. Tel. : Larkswood 1061. Private : 72, Minchenden Crescent, Southgate, N.14. Tel. : Palmers Green 3614. TURNER, LT.-COL. JOHN R., D.S.O., T.D., J. P., secretary, Scottish Branch C.E.A. ; director of picture houses in Scotland ; partner of the chartered accountancy firm ot Turner and Houston ; secretary of the Scottish Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund. Address : 90, Mitchell Street, Glasgow, C.2. TURNER, WILLIAM WALTER, chairman and managing director, W. W. Turner and Co., Ltd. Formed W. W. Turner and Co., 1912 ; codirector with Sir Sidney Clift and B. T. Davis in 25 kinema companies. Address : Office : Station Road, Northneld, Birmingham. TURNOR, P. A., secretary and deputy managing director, RCA Photophone, Ltd. ; b. 1898. Joined RCA Photophone, Inc., in 1931, subsequently transferring to RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc., and then to parent organisation, Radio Corporation of America. Appointed secretary of RCA Photophone, Ltd., 1937 ; deputy-managing director, 1940 Addresses : Office : 43, Berkeley Square, W.i ; Tel. : Grosvenor 8861. Private : 16, Sherington Avenue, Hatch End. Tel. : Hatch End 735. TWIST, DEREK NORMAN, B.A. (Camb.) director-producer, Wessex Film Productions ; b. 1905 ; ed. Rugby and Caius College, Cambridge. Joined Gainsborough Pictures, 193 1 ; editor Gainsborough and Gaumont until 1937 ; screenwriter, Warner Bros., 1938-9 ; R.A.F. Film Production Unit, 1940-5 ; directed " End of the River," 1947 ; " All over the Town," 1948. Addresses : Office : Pinewood Studios. Tel. : Iver 700. Private : 90, North Gate, London, N.W.8. Tel. : Primrose 1220. VEGODA, JOSEPH, general sales manager, R.K.O. Radio Pictures, Ltd. Entered industry, Ideal Films, 1926 ; Wardour Films ; joined R.K.O. 1930 ; became special London branch sales representative and later assistant general sales manager ; general sales manager, 1946. Addresses : Office : 2, Dean Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 5640. Private : 36, LaindenLea, N.2. Tel. : Speedwell 9608. VIVEASH, R. C. 0., secretary, Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund. Joined Industry 1910 on exhibiting side ; transferred to renting 1913, with the Gaumont Co., Ltd., until 1924, when appointed secretary C.T.B.F. and Provident Institution. Address : Queen's House, Leicester Square, W.C.2. Tel. : Gerrard 4104. WAINWRIGHT, JOHN GEORGE, director, J. G. & R. B. Wainwright, Ltd.— Addresses : Office : 10, Manchester Square, W.i. Tel. : Welbeck 8784. Private : Norfolk Hotel, Harrington Road, South Kensington, S.W.7 Tel.: Kensington 9527. WAKE, SYDNEY, F.R.S.A., chairman and managing director, Sydney Wake, Ltd., Laboratories ; b. 1883 ; entered Industry in 1 910 with Crystal Film Mfg. Co. ; established Excel Kinematograph Co., 1912 ; managing director Regal Films, Ltd., 1913 ; established Standard Kine Laboratories, 1921 ; established Sydney Wake, Ltd., Laboratories 1937. Address : 89-91, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 5716. WALKER, NORMAN, general manager, D. & P. Studios, Ltd. ; director, G. H. W. Productions, Ltd. Addresses : Office : Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Bucks. Tel. : Iver 700. Private: " The Chine," Chorleywood Road, Rickmansworth, Herts. WALLACE, J,, managing director, Perth P. H. Co., Ltd., Palladium (Paisley) Ltd. Past chairman, Scottish Branch C.E.A. ; past chairman, Scottish Centre K.R.S. , past president, Glasgow Cinema Club ; member Scottish Branch, C.E.A. Committee ; Address "Ardneil" Troon. Tel.: Troon 273. WALLER, S., governing director and chairman of , Way and Waller, surveyors and valuers of kinema properties, b. 1891 ; educated King's College, London. Address : 7, Hanover Square, W,i, Tel. f Mayfair 8022,