Kinematograph year book (1949)

Record Details:

Title:
Kinematograph year book
Date:
1949
Publisher:
London : Kinematograph Publications Ltd.
Volume:
Kinematograph year book (1949)
Leaf #:
000119
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book and Global Cinema
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 10, 2022
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Who's What in the Industry. 105 sented F.B.I, on Educational and Cultural Films Commission. Addresses : Office : 142, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel. : Gerrard 9292 ; Private : Rokeby, Harpenden, Herts. WOOLLEY, ERIC, managing director, Walden Films, Ltd. ; b. 1915 ; Midlands photographic firm 1935-39 ; R.A.F. photographer, 1939-45 ; specialist in substandard kinematography and sound on film-recording systems ; secretary, South Devon Film Society ; member, British Documentary. Address: 1, Cary Place, Fleet Street, Torquay, Devon. Tel. : Torquay 2674. WOOLLEY, JOHN ALBERT, director, secretary and manager of Operton Cinemas, Ltd. ; b. 191 1 ; ed. King Williams College, I. of M.; Secretary of Stockport and District Branch C.E.A. Addresses : Office : Curzon Cinema, Stockport. Tel. : Stockport 2532. Private : 8, Harleen Grove, Offerton, Stockport. WRIGHT, BASIL, producer and managing director, International Realist, Ltd. ; b. 1907 ; educated Sherborne and Corpus Christi, Cambridge ; associated since 1929 with John Grierson in development of Documentary Film ; directed " O'er Hill and Dale," " Cargo from Jamaica," " Song of Ceylon," " Children at School," " Face of Scotland," etc. ; codirected "Night Mail" with Harry Watt; founded Realist Film Unit ; executive at Film Centre, 1938-1944 ; producer Crown Film Unit, 1945 ; consultant to Films Division, M. of I., 1946. Address : 9, Great Chapel Street, W.i. WRIGHT, ALD. G. W. A., proprietor W. Cinemas ; delegate to General Council ; b. 1894, Norwich ; director, Southampton Football Club. Addresses : Office : Regent, Southampton. Tel. : 71555. Private : " Halycon," Upper Bassett, Southampton. Tel. : 68509. WOOLSTENCROFT, COUN. WILLIAM, manager and director, Hippodrome and Theatre Royal, Leigh, Lanes; b. 1884; delegate and past chairman, S.E. Lanes Branch C.E.A. ; member Lanes Cinema Old Boys ; manager Hippodrome and Theatre Royal for past 40 years. Addresses : Office : ' Hippodrome, Leigh, Lanes. Tel. : 128, Private : 35, Church Street, Leigh. Tel. : 709. WEIGHT, E. J. H., M.B.E., Editor, British Paramount News; b. 1899; inaugurated British Movietone News, 1928 ; co-editor with Truman Talley and later news editor and production manager ; joined British Paramount News, 1929. Addresses : Office : 10, School Road, N.W.10. Tel. : Elgar 4030. Private : Harborough Long Lane, Ickenham, Middlesex. Tel. : Ruislip 3156. WORROW, JOHN LEWIS, publicity director, Boulting Bros. (Charter Film Productions, Ltd.) ; b. 1912 ; ed. St. Aloysius College, Highgate. Partner, J. Leslie Williams and Co. until 1939 ; R.A.F. 1939-45 ; present post, 1946. Addresses : Office : 21-22, Grosvenor Street, W.i. Tel. : Mayfair 2794. Private : 43, Derwent Avenue, Hatch End, Middlesex. Tel : Hatch End 2429. WYNNE, SYDNEY E. R., executive in charge of publicity and public relations J. Arthur Rank Organisation ; b. 1909, London ; journalist, author, and specialist in public relations ; special correspondent Daily Herald, 1934-8 ; public relations officer, Gas Industry, 1938-40 ; director of Public Relations, Ministry of Supply, 1940. Address : Office, 38, South Street, W.i. Tel.: Mayfair 7454. WRATTEN, IAN DENIS, F.R.F.S., hon. F.B.K.S. deputy manager, Motion Picture Film Dept., Kodak Ltd. ; PastPresident British Kinematograph Society ; Vice-President, Royal Photographic Society. Address : Kodak Ltd., Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Tel. : Holborn 7841. WRIGHT, A. E., M.B.E., director Plaza Cinema, Ltd. ; Ambassador Super Cinema, Ltd. ; Magnet Cinema, Ltd. ; member Manchester Branch C.E.A. Committee ; b. 1880, Manchester ; chairman, Stockport and District Section C.E.A for past ten years. Addresses : Office : Plaza, Stockport. Tel. : 3818 and 77, Lever Street, Manchester, 1. Tel. : Central 3037. Private : Shenstone, 44, Peel Moat Road, Heaton. Moor, Stockport. Tel. : Heaton Moor 1949. YATES, MARK, A.C.A., A.S.A.A., secretary Sheffield and District Cinematograph Theatres Ltd., Dow Picture Palace Co., Ltd ; b. 1908; ed. King Edward VII, Sheffield. Partner in Robert Craig and Son, Incorporated Accountants. Addresses ; Office : 3, Hartshead Sheffield, 1. Tel. : Sheffield 27577 Private: St. Annes, Saltergate, Bamford, via Sheffield. Tel. : Bamford 163. YOUNG, CHARLES, RONALD, publicity controller, C.M.A. ; b. 1905. Joined Paramount Theatres at the Capito Theatre, Cardiff, 1927 ; R.A.F., 1941-6 ; assistant publicity manager Odeon Theatres, 1946 ; publicity manager, 1947 ; publicity controller, C.M.A. , 1948. Address: Office: New Gallerv House, Regent Street, W.i. Tel. : Regent "8080. «? £ V r v ^ $ & 4 <tf / ^ ;f $ & $ / $ ERNEST F. MOY LTD., BAYHAM STREET, CAMDEN TOWN, LONDON, N.W.1. CUL 5451