Kinematograph year book (1950)

Who's What in the Industry. 87 joined Ogden Circuit as accountant, 1933 ; promoted general manager, 1944 ; treasurer Manchester and Salford C.E.A. ; 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, regional controller, A. B.C. ; member Sussex branch C.E.A. committee ; delegate to General Council ; past chairman Kent County Branch ; b. 1896, London ; ed. Oliver Goldsmith School ; entered trade as kinema musician, 1919 ; manager, 1929-43 ; appointed London area supervisor, A. B.C., 1943 ; Divisional supervisor, 1947 ; present post, 1949. Addresses : Regional Control Office : Commodore, King Street, Hammersmith. Tel. : Riverside 2896. Private : Tel. : Brighton 8981 and 2156. 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.: Ryde 3295. Private: " Somerhill," Mayfield Road, Ryde. MINNEY, R. J., producer and script writer, 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 of One's Own," " The Wicked Lady," " The Magic Bow," and " The Idol of Paris." Address : 27, Princes Gate, London, S.W. Tel. : Kensington 2491. MINTER, J. G., Fellow of Society : certified and Corporate accountant. Entered film industry in 1938. Managing director of Renown Pictures Corporation, Ltd., Renown Film Productions, Ltd. Independent distributor and producer, British films. Address : ina, Wardour Street, W.i. Tel.: Gerrard 4403. MITCHELL, EDGAR, Assistant Theatre Controller, Midland Area 3, C.M.A. ; b. 1894, Bradford ; vice-chairman Manchester branch C.E.A., 1924-27. Addresses : Office, 53-55, Exchange Buildings, Stephenson Place, Birmingham. Tel. : Midland 1689. Private : 83, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Tel. : Edgbaston 0662. MITCHELL, EDWARD, F.C.A., managing director and secretary, Lyceum (Whittington Moor) Ltd. ; secretary, Victoria Enterprises, Ltd., Chesterfield; b. 1897; ed. Chesterfield Grammar School. Chairman, Notts, and Derby branch C.E.A., 1947-8 ; hon. secretary, Chesterfield and District Entertainment Proprietors and Managers Association. Addresses: Office: 71, Saltergate, Chesterfield. Tel. : 2955. Private : Westmoor, Linden Avenue, Chesterfield. Tel.: 6246. MITCHENER, H. H. C, F.L.A.A. secretary; Hampshire and East Dorset branch C.E.A. ; in practice as certified accountant since 1919, and has been secretary and accountant to numerous kinemas. Addresses : Office, 2, Carlton Crescent, Southampton. Tel. : 4533-4, Private : 1 , Fernlea Gardens, Bassett, Southampton. Tel. : Bassett 68584. MONTAGU, IVOR, associate producer, writer, Ealing Studios. b. 1904 ; ed. Westminster School ; Royal College of Science and Technology ; King's College, Cambridge. Founder Film Society, 1925 ; partner Brunei and Montagu, 1925 ; co-author screen play "Scott of the Antarctic" ; member General Council A.C.T. ; member council, Screenwriters Association. Address : Office : Ealing Studios, Ealing Green, W.5. Tel. : Ealing 6761. MONTGOMERY, JOHN, publicist; educated Brighton College ; joined Sound City 1933 ; Jack Payne 1936 ; Louis Levy and variety, Radiolympia, 1939 ; formed own publicity organisation 1946 ; publicity manager, Nettlefold Studios ; Nettlefold Films ; Carlton Hill Studios; Kay Labs; John Baxter Prods., 1948. Address : Sutton Cottage Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey. Tel. : Emberbrook 4309. MOODABE, MICHAEL JOSEPH, governing director Amalgamated Theatres, Ltd., and Civic Theatre, Ltd., chairman, Dominion Screens, Ltd. ; director Thames Buildings, Ltd., National Pictures, Ltd. ; b. 1895. Entered industry at age of 13 ; with brother founded Amalgamated Theatres, 1924, member of Film Industry Board and of Auckland City Council. MOODY, ALBERT, M.B.K.S., managing director, Provincial Cinematograph Trading Co. b. 1901; ed. Leeds High School. Entered trade 191 8 ; secretary, Yorkshire Cinema Trade Exchange, 1919-1927 ; Electrocord Sound Equipment, general manager, 1929-1932 ; established Provincial Cinematograph Trading Co., 1933. Addresses : Office : 17, Wellington Street, Leeds, 1. Tel. : 26692. Private : 49, Jackson Avenue, Gledhow, Leeds, 8. Tel. : 61643. MOORHOUSE, HARRY, A.C.A., managing director, H. D. Moorhouse Circuit. Appointed successor to late H. D. Moorhouse, 1946. Addresses : Office : Imperial Buildings, 7, Oxford Road, Manchester. Tel. : Ardwick 2226. Private: " Moor field," 283, Bramhall Lane South, Bramhall, Stockport. Tel. : Bramhall 462. MORENO, GEORGE, Jr., director and producer, British Animated Productions, b. 1915 ; ed. Los Angeles, California. Started animation career with Universal Studios, 1935 ; two years with Fleischers Studios on ' 'Gulliver's Travels ' ' and " Popeye " shorts. Addresses : Office : 144, Packington Street, Essex Road, Islington, N.i. Private : 37, Cambridge Road, New Maiden, Surrey. Tel. : Maiden 41 16. MORGAN, A. trustee, Blaenavon Workmen's Institute and Hall ; member, S. Wales branch C.E.A. committee ; b. 1880, Blaenavon, Mon. ; chairman, S. Wales branch C.E.A. 1943. Address : 11, Lower Wann Street, Blaenavon, Mon.