Money behind the screen : a report prepared on behalf of the Film Council (1937)
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MONEY BEniND THE SCREEN 45
BlUTisn Pii()To«jitAnii( Indi shiikh, Ltd. Tim lutti-r company wiih nj/i«t« mi in I'\'l)r\mrv, nM5, utid owiih, iipiirt from liiilcliorM b'.S., iiUo AuMtiri h^lvMinJM, Ltd., MriHi^ii, Ltd., Llliott A' .Somh, Ltd., Kordlmm it Co., Lt«l., Ilon^hloiiliutcluT Mumd'. Co., Ltd., lioii^hlouBut. her (KuMti-rn), Ltd., mid IMioto JSupplicM, l..td. Tlir Dirrt.torM arc : ]•'. K. iJiit<lirr (l>irr<'tor of moHt of tlio above compaiiioH and of iMihric-metiT Co., Lt<l.), F. J. HutrhtT (l>irf«;tor of some of thr above companirH and of lU«t«lMr, Ciirnow A: Co., Lt<i.), F. (i. (iroonwood (Chairman of moHt of the above rompanicH and Cafx-nrr, Ltd. and J'romicr Film IMntuiK Co., Ltd.), C. K. Houghton (Din-rtorof moMt of thr alnivo eomj)anieM), Vl. W. Houghton (Director of ino.st of flu above comparne«), K. »S. Hougiiton (Director, lOlliott k Sons, KnHign, and Novelty SaleH S<-rvi( o«), I. Joseph, O. A. Dieot. Nomiiuil capital: i:i,000,(HX); taken up: 375,0<K) prcf. £1 shares ; 000,000 ord. 0/8 whareH. l*rincij)al shareholderH :
Major the Hon. J. J. A.stor (Chairman, Time.s Holding Ord. 0/8 Vnzv. £1
Co., Lt(L and TimeH I'ublJHhing Co., Ltd. ;
Direetor, Hambros Bank, Ltd. ; Phoenix As.surance
Co., Ltd. ; (J.W. Railway Co., Ltd.)
Viscountess Astok
Viscount Astor
F. E. Butcher
F. J. Butcher BromK-y and 2 oUkms
A. Edwards
E. W. Horton
G. A. Spratt
Mrs. Spratt and another Higginsons Nomijiees, Ltd.
(Share li.st (l,,ted 9th July, llt36). The last balance sheet presented in December, 1935, showed a net profit of £54 Os. Id., there was no dividend on the ordinary shares (nor had there been any in the preceding year) and the dividends on the preference shares were stated to be in arrears since July, 193L
A]\L\LOAMATED STL DIOS, LTD. AND SOSKIN PRODUCTIONS, LTD.— New studio and production enterprises associated with the financier S. H. Soskin and the producer, Paul Soskin.
Amalga>iated Stujjios Ltd. — Reg. as Miksos Trust Ltd. in October, 1935, name changed in November, 1935. Present Directors : S. Soskin, M. G. Soskin (both of Paris) and E. R. Gillingham (SoHcitor's Clerk). Capital (nominal) £50,000 ; paid up : £9,246 in £1 pref. and £30,000 in £10 ord. shares, all of whicii are o^ned by S. Soskin, Charges : £180,000 secured on real estate in Elstree and Paris in favour of Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons (London) Ltd.
Soskin Productions Ltd.— Reg. August, 1935, capital £10,500 in 10,000 6% cum. prcf. shares of £1 and 10,000 ordinary shares of 1/-. Directors : S. H. Soskin (Chairman), Paul Soskin (Managing Director), Major C. H. Bell. Eight stages and administrative buildings are in process of completion and the production unit has obtained a £500,000 production contract covering eight films from Columbia.
46. {h) The main Cinema groups : UNION CINEMAS. — The Union Group (Union Cinema Co., Ltd., Oxford and Berkshire Cinemas, Ltd., and National Provincial Cinemas, Ltd.) has in November, 1930, been consolidated into a new company, known as Union Cinemas, Ltd., with a total capital of £0,500,000, divided as follows :
Authorised Issued
Redeemable 0% cum. 1st pref. £1 shares 2,000,000 057,406
Redeemable 0'^,^ cum. 2nd pref. £1 shares ... 1,500,000 057,406
■' A " ordinary shares of 5/ 10,000,000 5,8.39,227
Ordinary shares of 5/ 2,000,000 1,900,421