Motion picture production encyclopedia (1952)

PRODUCTION ENCYCLOPEDIA 551 Unions, Guilds, Associations, etc. ACTORS Emerson Derwent ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION (Branch of the AAAA — AFL) 45 W. 47th St., New York 19, N. Y. PLaza 7-7660 Honorary Presidents Bert Lytell, John President Clarence Vice-Presidents: lohn Kennedy, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Ralph Bellamy, Matt Briggs. Treasurer Paul Dullzell Recording Secretary Richard Whorf Executive Secretary Louis M. Simon Counsel Rebecca Brownstein Administrative Assistant Secretary Alfred Elting Council: Edward Andrews, Edith Atwater, Sidney Blackmer, Philip Bourneuf, Thomas Chalmers, Edwin Clay, Clay Clement, Donald Cook, Doris Dalton, Alfred Drake, Mildred Dunnock, John Effrat, Maurice Evans, Tom Ewell, Henry Fonda, Florida Friebus, Marjorie Gateson, Wynne Gibson, Margalo Cillmore, Paul Kelly, Dennis King, Edith King, Ben Kranz, Aline MacMahon, Raymond Massey, Ruth Matteson, Scott McKay, Edith Meiser, Eddie Nugent, Elliott Nugent, Philip Ober, Erin O'BrienMoore, Frederick O'Neal, Robert Perry, William Prince, Barbara Robbins, Bill Ross, Gerald Savory, Jane Seymour, Jack Sheehan, Hiram Sherman, Kent Smith, Loring Smith, Beatrice Straight, Chester Stratton, Richard Taber, William Talman, Ann Thomas, Frank M. Thomas, Sr., Lee Tracy, David Wayne. SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE: 216 Pine St., San Francisco 4, Calif. Care Theodore Hale. HOLLYWOOD OFFICE: 6636 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Hudson 2-2334. CHICAGO OFFICE: 720 Bittersweet Place, Chicago 13, III. Care Mrs. Frank R. Dare. ACVA — Officially Known as AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS (Branch of the AAAA-AFL) 1697 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. Circle 6-7130 President Georgie Price 1st Vice-President Gypsy Rose Lee 2nd Vice-President Jack Cwynne Recording Secretary ..Manny Tyler Treasurer Rex Weber National Administrative Secretary Jack Irving Western Regional Director Edward Rio Assistant Director Irvin Paul Mazzei 6758 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. Hillside 8281 THE CATHOLIC ACTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, Inc. Hotel Astor, New York 19, N. Y. Circle 6-5566 President. Gene Buck Vice-Presidents Pat O'Brien, Jay Jostyn Treasurer Rev. Francis M. Costello Recording Secretary Ed Begley Historian Tess Sheehan Social Secretaries Theatrical, Ann Sullivan, Non-Theatrical, Lillian R. Fallon Executive Secretary George Buck Executive Board Chairman, Frank McNeills, Kirk Brown, Mrs. Edward J. Dell, Jason Johnson, Tom McElhany, Harry B. Oldridge, Jane Taylor, Bill Callahan, Anne Ceravolo, Audrey Egan. Michael Higgins, J. Joseph McDermott, Thomas F. Stapleton. Honorary Vice-Presidents Bing Crosby, Dan Healy, Gene Lockhart, William Gargan, Walter Kiernan. CENTRAL CASTING CORP. (Subsidiary of Association of Motion Picture Producers, Inc.) 5504 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. Hillside 5113 President Y. Frank Freeman Chairman of the Board Fred S. Meyer Vice-President; General Manager Arthur Bronson Secretary-Treasurer J . S. Howie CHORUS EQUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (Branch of the AAAA-AFL) 701 Seventh Ave., New York 19, N. Y. Circle 5-6054 President Clarence Derwent Executive Secretary Ben Irving Chairman of Executive Committee .Paul Dullzell Counsel ..Rebecca Brownstein Branches: Chicago, Mrs. Frank Dare, 720 Bittersweet Place; Los Angeles, Christopher O'Brien, 6636 Hollywood Blvd.; San Francisco, Theodore Hale, 216 Pine St. NATIONAL VARIETY ARTISTS, Inc. (NVA) 226 West 47th St., New York 19, N.Y. COlumbus 5-0956 Honorary President George Jessel President Louis Handin Vice-Presidents Jack O'Brien, Harry Jackson Treasurer Lester Rose Executive Secretary Dorothy Masters Directors: Ben Bernard, Jimmy Clark, Frank Cromwell, Herman Crystal, Max Fleming, Jock Harris, Ruth Lyons, Lillian McNeill, Harry Frank Rose, Lillian Saunders Sollisch, Joe Verdi, Ben Walker. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, Inc. (Branch of the AAAA — AFL) 7046 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood 28, Calif. Hollywood 9-7311 President Ronald Reagan Vice-Presidents William Holden, Walter Pidgeon, John Lund, Paul Harvey. Treasurer George Chandler Recording Secretary Paul Harvey Executive Secretary lohn Dales. Ir. Business Representatives: (Labor) Pat Somerset; (Agency) Chester Migden; (Television) Kenneth Thomson. Counsel William Berger Public Relations Counsel E. T. Buck Harris Directors: Leon Ames, Dana Andrews, Edward Arnold, Gertrude Astor, Louise Beavers, Ward Bond, Macdonald Carey, Richard Carlson, Chick Chandler, Fred Clark, Wendell Corey, Anne Cornwall, Nancy Davis, Rosemary De Camp, William Demarest, Frank Faylen, Glenn Ford, Wallace Ford, Ruth Hussey, William A. Janssen, Robert Keith, Budd Lind, Frank Lovejoy, John Lund, William Lundigan, Cliff Lyons, Warren Mace, Philo McCollough, Stephen McNally, Agnes Moorehead, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Preston, Tyrone Power, Kent Taylor, Regis Toomey, Audrey Totter, Rhys Williams. NEW YORK OFFICE: 67 West 44th St., New York. MUrray Hill 7-4623. Mrs. Florence Marsten. SCREEN EXTRAS GUILD, Inc. (Branch of the AAAA — AFL) 723 N. Western Ave., Hollywood 27. Calif. GArfield 3301 President Richard H. "Dick" Cordon First Vice-President Franklyn Farnum Second Vice-President William H. O'Brien