Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia (1949)

630 P ICTURE COMPAN I E S Assistant Secretary J. William Piper Treasurer Milton Kirshenberg Board of Directors: Barney Balaban, Roger C. Clement, Milton Kirshenberg, Robert H. O'Brien, James E. Perkins. Arthur L. Pratchett. George Weltner. DIVISION MANAGERS: Continental European, French North African and Near Eastern Division — John B. Nathan, General Manager. S. A. Films Paramount, 1 Rue Mayerbeer, Paris. Far Eastern Division (Japan, Malaya, China, the Philippines, Indo-China, Siam, Ceylon, North Borneo, Sarawak, Burma, India)— F. C. Henry, Manager, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. United Kingdom of Great Britain, North Ireland, Eire, Gibraltar, Malta — James E. Perkins, Chairman-Managing Director, Paramount Film Service Limited, 166 Wardour Street, London, W. I. Latin American Division (Mexico, Central, South America, the Caribbean Area)— A. L. Pratchett, Manager, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. DEPARTMENT HEADS: Manager of Censorship and Editing Albert Deane Director of Advertising and Publicity Paul E. Ackerman Manager of Service Department Gilbert Rose Manager of Traffic Department William Fass OVERSEAS SUBSIDIARIES Argentina — Paramount Films S. A.. Calle Ayacucho 518-20, Buenos Aires — H. B. Gordon, Managing Director. Australia — Paramount Film Service Pty., Ltd., G.P.O. Box 4040 VV, 53-57 Brisbane St., Sydney. N.S.W. — Harry Hunter. Managing Director for Australia, New Zealand. Belgium — S. A. Films Paramount, 31 Chaussee d'Haecht, Bruxelles— Boris Janolowics, Ceneral Manager. Brazil — Paramount Films (S. A.) Inc., Rua Desembargador, Viriato 16, Rio de Janeiro — S. E. Pierpoint, General Manager. Also District Manager for Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile. British West Indies — (Trinidad. British Guiana. Barbados)— Paramount Films of Trinidad. Inc., P. O. Box 64, Port of Spain, Trinidad — H. Donald Hunter, Manager. Central America (Central America and Ecuador) — Paramount Films, S. A.. Apartado 598. Panama. Republic of Panama — George Elmo, Manager. Chile — Paramount Films. S. A.. Tenderini 159. Santiago— Robert L. Graham, Special Representative. China — Paramount Films of China, Inc., Hung Hsin Bldg., 78 Lin Kiang Road, Chunking — H. S. Lo, Acting Branch Manager, Paramount Films of China, Inc., 142 Museum Road, Shanghai — Yuan Kao, General Sales Manager. Paramount Films of Hong Kong Ltd., Holland House, Room 207, Hong Kong — -C. C. Tso, Branch Manager. Colombia — Paramount Films of Colombia, Inc., Apartado 333, Bogota — E. Molina, Manager. Cuba — Paramount Films of Cuba, Inc., Industria 312, Havana — Americo Rosenberger, Manager. Also: Circuito Teatral Paramount, S. A. Aguila 356, Havana — Antonio Sostre, Hanager. Egvpt and Near East District (Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus, Sudan, British and French Somaliland, Mauritius Aden, Ethiopia, Eritreo and the Levant States) — 21 Sharia Tewfik, Cairo, Egypt — Frank Sitar, District Manager. Paramount Films of Egypt, Inc., 21 Sharia Tewfik, Cairo. Paramount Films of Palestine, Inc., Tel Aviv, Palestine (Palestine and Trans-Jordan) — L. Koch, Manager. Paramount Films of Syria and Lebanon, Inc.. (Lebanon, Syria, Latakia and Jebel Druse). Sursock Bldg., Place des Canons, Beirut, Lebanon — Willy Goldenthal, Manager. France — S. A. Films Paramount, 1 Rue Meyerbeer, Paris; Division Headquarters for John B. Nathan. (See also Western European Divisional listing.) French North Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) — S. A. Films Paramount, 51 Rue Michelet, Algiers, Algeria — Rene Pecour, Manager. S. A. Films Paramount, 44 Boulevard de la Gare, Casablanca, Morocco. Films Paramount, S. A., 13 Rue de Grece, Tunis, Tunisia. Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Eire — Paramount Film Service, Ltd., 166 Wardour Street, London, W. 1, — James E. Perkins, Managing Director. India — Paramount Films of India, Ltd., Post Box 623, Hague Bldg., Ballard Estate, Sprott Road, Bombay — Lawrence C. Paulson, General Manager. Italy — Paramount Films of Italy, Inc., via Leonida Bissolati, 20, Rome, Italy — Pilade Levi, General Manager. Malaya — Paramount Films of Malaya, Inc., 41 Robinson Road, Borsumy Building, 2nd Floor, GPO Box 222, Singapore, Malaya — Paul Verdayne. General Manager. Mexico — Paramount Films, S. A.. Sullivan No. 93, Mexico City — L. S. Constantine, Manager. New Zealand — Paramount Films, Ltd., Cuba and Dixon Sts., Wellington — Stanley H. Craig, General Manager. Peru — Paramount Films of Peru, Inc., Apartado 582 Lima — Siegfried Neening, Manager. Philippines — Paramount Films of Philippines, Inc., State Theatre Bldg., Avenue Rizal, Manila, Philippine Islands — Richard F. O'Connell, Manager. Headquarters, Robert V. Perkins, District Manager for China, the Philippines Republic, IndoChina. Portugal — Paramount Films of Portugal, Inc., Rua Braamcamp 10, Lisbon — Moises Israel, General Manager Apartado 653, Film Center Building, San Juan — Roger Williams, Branch Manager. Scandinavian District (Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark) — Filmaktiebolaget Paramount Hamngatan 22, Stockholm, Sweden — Carl P. York, General Manager for Sweden and District Manager for the Scandinavian District. O. Y. Paramount Films A. B., Hogbergsgatan 47, Helsingfors, Finland — Harry Hammer, General Manager. Paramount Films of Norway. Inc., Fridtjof Nansens PI. 8, Oslo, Norway — Kristian Torp, Ceneral Manager. Filmaktieselskabet Paramount, Hammerichsgade 14, Copenhagen, Denmark — S. A. Henriksen, General Manager. Siam — Paramount Films of Malaya. Inc.. BMC Building, 951 Charoen Krung Road, P. O. Box 220, Bangkok — B. A. Fernando. Branch Manager. Spain — Paramount Films de Espana, S. A., Montera 32, Madrid — Nicholas C. Patugyay, General Manager. Switzerland — Star Film, S. A. R. L., Distributeur des Films Paramount Schulhaus Strasse 18, Zurich 2. Union of South Africa — Clay V. Hake, Paramount International Representative, P. O. Box 8136, Johannesburg. Uruguay — Paramount Films of Uruguay, Inc., Calle Medanos 1381, Montevideo — Rudolf Jellinek, Manager. Venezuela — Paramount Films de Venezuela, S. A., Apartado No. 414, Miracielos a Hospital No. 62, Caracas — Robert A. Pratchett, Manager. Western Europe and North Africa (A divisional organization for France, Belgium and North Africa) — Films Paramount S. A., 1 Rue Meyerbeer, Paris — Henri Klarsfield, Manager. PARAMOUNT INTERNATIONAL THEATERS CORP. President George Weltner Vice-President Clement S. Crystal Vice-President J. William Piper Secretary Roger C. Clement Treasurer Milton Kirshenberg PARAMOUNT NEWS ( Newsreel) (Listed separately with Newsreel Cos.) PARAMOUNT THEATERS SERVICE CORP. President Leonard H. Goldenson First Vice-President Edward L. Hyman Second Vice-President Leon D. Netter Third Vice-President Robert M. Weitmar