Motion picture production encyclopedia (1952)

Page scan 0001063 from Motion picture production encyclopedia

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture production encyclopedia
Date:
1952
Publisher:
Hollywood : The Hollywood Reporter
Volume:
Motion picture production encyclopedia : 1952
Leaf #:
0001063
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Yearbook
Collection:
Year Book
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
contains production data on the years from 1947 to 1951.
Date Added:
September 04, 2025
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FOREIGN COMPANIES 979 Board of Directors: Alec L. B. Johnson, Roy Darling, Eric M. Woods, Keith I. MacTavish, H. Humphreys. DEPARTIVIENT HEADS: Advertising John Manning Art William Constable Camera Carl Kayser, Tas Higgins Casting Bob Marshall Construction Jack Warnerbubb Contracts Keith MacTavish Electrical Keith James Makeup Nesta Tait, Kay Sloane Music Wilbur Kentwell, Lionel Hickey Production Keith MacTavish Property Peter Jamieson Publicity Gwen O'Neil Wardrobe Essie Farmer Contract Director Roy Darling Contract Writer William Lynch Contract Actors: Lloyd Lamble, John Nugent-Hay ward. Contract Actresses: Lesley Pope, Margo Lee. HERSCHELLS PTY., LTD. 31 Agnes Street, East Melbourne, Australia. Chairman of Board Charles R. Herscheil Secretary Frank Thomas Board of Directors: Charles R. Herscheil, Roy Driver, Joyce Turnbull. DEPARTMENT HEADS: Studio Manager Roy Driver Camera Roy Driver, John Atkinson Film Cutting Miss Kemp Film Library Miss Short Laboratory George Lumsden Sound Paul Britnell McCREADIE BROS. EMBASSY PICTURES PTY., LTD. 62 Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia. Cable: "EMBASSPIC, SYDNEY" President T. O. McCreadie Vice President A. Kethel McCreadie Chairman of Board E. A. Nettlefold Secretary W. V. Armstrong Board of Directors: C. R. Winn, T. O. McCreadie, A. Kethel McCreadie. DEPARTMENT HEADS: Studio Manager (Commonwealth Film Lab., Ltd.) j. Bruce Advertising J. A. Parker Camera H. Malcolm Casting T. O. McCreadie Contracts A. Kethel McCreadie Film Cutting A. Izzard Foreign Relations A. K. McCreadie Laboratory J. A. Bruce Makeup C. Turton Production A. K. McCreadie Property A. K. McCreadie Publicity J. A. Parker Purchasing J. Gray Sound B. Hallett Transportation J. Gray Contract Producer T. O. McCreadie Contract Director T. O. McCreadie Releasing Company: British Empire Films and others. Subsidiary: Controlled Productions Pty Ltd., 62 Pitt St., Sydney. SHELL FILM UNIT 84 Beercroft Rd., Beercroft, N.S.W. Producer-director John Heyer SKYLOCUE FILM PRODUCTIONS 45 Portland Street, Dover Heights, Sydney, Australia. President Mel F. Nicholls Chairman of Board Mel F. Nicholls Secretary Clive Wakeham, F.I.C.A. Board of Directors: Mel F. Nicholls, G. B. S. Falkiner, S. W. Lade, C. Wakeham, F. Powis. DEPARTMENT HEADS: Advertising Fred Powis Film Cutting Winifred Lade Publicity Fred Powis Contract Producer: Mel F. Nicholls Contract Director: Mel F. Nicholls TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. (AUST.) PTY., LTD. (Movietone News Division) 43 Missenden Road, Camperdown. Cables: Movietone, Sydney, Australia. Managing Editor H. Grattan Guinness Assistant Editor Colin C. Hall Contract Department Stan Murdoch Commercial Department Frank Coffey Cutting Department Frank Killian Sound Engineer Walter C. Bird Cameramen: New South Wales, Eric Bierre, Syd Wood, Bede Whiteman. Victoria, Frank McKechnie. Queensland, Al and George Burne. South Australia, Colin Ballantyne. West Australia, L. Goodall. New Zealand, M. Ellas. VIDEO FILMS PTY., LTD. 149 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Australia. Chairman of Board William Matthew Maloney Secretary Norman H. Hare Board of Directors: William Matthew Maloney, William James Pearson, Ian Anderson Morris. DEPARTMENT HEADS: Camera Ross M. Wood Film Cutting William J. Pearson Sound Ian Anderson Morris AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL FILM BOARD Acton, Canberra, Australia. Chairman of Board: E. G. Bonney, Director-General of Information. Members: T.H.E. Heyes, Secretary for Immigration; J. A. Tonkin, Assistant Secretary, Dept. of Commerce and Agriculture; Dr. T. L. Robertson, Commonwealth Office of Education; K. Binnc, Commonwealth National Librarian; L. Bromilow, Director of Tourist Services, Victoria; Dr. H. S. Wyndham, State Dept. of Education. Secretary N. MacRae Producer-in-Chief S. Hawes Chief Cameraman W. Trerise Business and Personnel Manager H. H. Mansell Liaison Officer J. Murray Distribution (Commercial and Overseas) : Australian Department of Information. Distribution (Non-Commercial Within Australia): National Library, Canberra. AUSTRIA "ALDON THEATER & FILM C.m.b.H. (Producers) 9 Weihburggasse, Vienna I, Austria. ASTO FILM CLAUS PRASCHINCER (Producers) 3a Annagasse, Vienna I, Austria. "ASTRA FILM" C.m.b.H. (Producer; entertainment shorts, scientific and advertising films) 24 Bauernmarkt, Vienna I, Austria. AUERSPERG FILM (Producers) 4/1/1/5 Schlickplatz, Vienna IX, Austria. AUGUSTA FILM C.m.b.H. (Producer, Distributor and Exchange) 36 Hermanngasse, Vienna VII, Austria. "AUSTRIA" FULMVERLEIGH-u. Verfriebs C.m.b.H. (Motion Picture Distributor and Exchanges) 31 Siebensterngasse, Vienna VII, Austria. "BELVEDERE" FILM PRODUKTION WIEN (Producers; entertainment, scientific, advertising films and shorts) 24 Bauernmarkt, Vienna I, Austria.