Kur-Lak 1942; Man,Dir.,20Th -Fox Films Ofgt.Brit.,1947-54; Pion, 1933
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Kur-Lak 1942; man,dir.,20th -Fox Films ofGt.Brit.,1947-54; pion, 1933. Studied screen acting at Universal Studios; re- v.p., gen. sales mgr. Chromed Colour Org., England. 1954. porter, adv. mgr.; salesman then worked as grip at Warner Member: M. P. Pioneers; Variety Club of Gt. Brit. Studios and later on screen in "bit" roles until Rulers of theSea,1939; picturessinceinclude BeastsofBerlin. KURT, EMILE: Set Decorator. b. Mexico City. Mexico, Joan of Paris, The Glass Key, Lucky Jordan, China. Voted June 11,1907.e.Chaminade College,1924-27.Interior one of ten best Money -Making Stars, Motion Picture Her- decorator, Be Hennesey art studio, 1929-32; then set deco- ald -Fame Poll, 1947, 1953, 1954. rator, property dept. dir.' pictures include: I'll Be Seeing Pictures Include: And Now Tomorrow, Blue Dahlia, Two You, Silver Queen, Spellbound, Duel in the Sun, Paradine Years Before the Mast, Salty O'Rourke, Duffy's Tavern, Case, The Heiress (Academy Award, 1949), A Place In the WhisperingSmith,Calcutta,0.S.S.,StarSpangled Sun, Carrie, Shane, The Actress, Executive Suite, 20.000 Rhythm,CaptainCarey U.S.A.,Saigon,Wild Harvest, Leagues Under the Sea (Academy Award, 1954); in charge Beyond Glory, Great Gatsby. Appointment with Danger. of interior, exterior decorations, Disneyland. Branded, Chicago Deadline, Red Mountain, Shane, Thunder inthe East, Botany Bay, Iron Mistress, Desert Legion, KURNITZ, HARRY: Writer. b. New York City, Jan. 5, Paratrooper, Hell Below Zero,Saskatchewan, The Black 1909; e. U. Pa. On ed. staff newspapers N. Y., Philadelphia; Knight. mag. contrib. Joined MGM writing staff on purchase orig. Recent Pictures: Drum Beat, McConnell Story. Hell on Fast Company, prod.1938; collab.s.p.that picture & Frisco Bay, Santiago, Big Land, Boy on a Dolphin, The since variously author & collab. stories & s. p. many pictures Deep Six, The Proud Rebel, The Badlanders, Man in the including Fast and Furious, Shadow of the Thin Man. Net, Guns in the Timberland. Pictures Include: adapt. The Heavenly Body; a. p. See Here. Private Hargrove; orig. The Thin Man Goes Home; (orig. LAEMMLE, CARL. JR.: Producer.b.Chicago,April & B.D.) What Next Corporal Hargrove?:(collet,.a.p.) 28. 1908; e. Clark School. Wrote, cast, supervised and edited Something in the Wind, One Touch of Venus, Adventures of the Universal Junior Jewell Series, The Collegians,star- Don Juan; (orig.) The Web; prod. & s. p. Kiss in the Dark ring George Lewis; apptd. gen. mgr. in chg. of allpro- rollab. a.p. My Dream Is Yours, Inspector General. Pretti duction 1929; in 1930 won Gold Medal Award of AMPAS. Baby, coital,.story. a.p. Of Men and Music; collets.S. D. Photopiay gold medal and gold medal of Faculty of Arts for Tonight We Sing;s.p.,Melba, Man Between;collab. the Federation of the Related Arts of Great Britain for "All s. p., Land of the Pharaohs. Quiet on the Western Front"; vice-pres. & gen. mgr. in chg. of production Universal; independent prod. since 1936; KURTZMAN, CHARLES E.: Executive.b. San Fran- served in U. S. Army Signal Corps. World War II Pictures cisco.Jan.13;e.Calif.Univ. Was newspaper reporter; include: Spirit of Notre Dame, Frankenstein, Back Street, pub. dir, Warner Bros. Studios; from pub.dir todiv. Once in a Lifetime, They Just Had to Get Married, Out All manager of Pacific Coast for Paramount-Publix; asst.to Night, Don't Bet On Love, Only Yesterday, By Candlelight, gen. mgr. of Fox in N. Y.; partner, Franchon and Marco. Countess of Monte Cristo, Little Man What Now, Glamour, St. Louis; Loew's, Inc., at Washington, D. C.; northeastern Good Fairy. Bride of Frankenstein, Showboat. div. mgr., Loew's Theatres,Inc.,Boston. LA FALCE, FRANK: Publicist. b. Newark, N. J., Jan. KUSIEL, SIGWART: Sale' executive.b.lerdwigsberg. 1. 1898. e. New York U. Newspaperman; drama ed., New- Germany, Sept. 13. 1901; European salesman for Salamander ark Ledger,1922-27. Entered m.p.ind.inpub.dept. Shoe Co.StartedwithUniversal1923asposterclerk, Stanley Fabian Theatres, N. J.,1927; dir.pub. & adv., then salesman in New York exchange; salesman St. Louis; 1929; trans. Warner Bros. Theatres, Wash., D. C.. 1930: special rep. working out of New York. Among firstBalms - received addit'l appt. to dist. mgr. downtown theatres since men for Universal for sound and talking pictures. In 1929 1948. Patriotic & civic interests: pub. churn. War Activi- trailer.to foreign depart, and sent to India as mgr.for ties Committee; co-chmn., public inf. Com. Cerebral Palsy, India.BurmaandCeylon.ReturnedtoUnitedStates Heart & Cancer campaigns, Greater Nat'l. Capitol Comm., in 1932 and made special rep.to inspect offices in Central M. P. Council of D. C. Member: Variety, Nat'l Press Club, America;spcl.rep.toSpain,thentookovermanage- Adv. of Wash., Washington Bd. of Trade. ment of Hispano-American Films, S. A. until Dec., 1985, then apptd. gen. mgr. for continental Europe, headquarters LAFFERTY, PERRY: Prod.-dir.b.Davenport,Iowa. London. Joined Columbia as special foreignrep.Mexico; Oct.3, 1917: e. Cornell U. Yale U. Music & Drama Bch. to Brazil, Feb. 1941; v. -p., Columbia Pictures Inteml. 1951; TV showsinclude:Celebrity Time, Star ofthe Family, sup. Latin -America. Freddy Martin Show, Republican & Democratic Nat'l Con- ventions, Eye Witness, Tales of Tomorrow, Robert Mont- KUTTNER, PAUL: Writer.b.Berlin, Germany, Sept. gomery Presents. ABC Album, U.S.SteelHour. Name 20,1922; a.Bryanston Coll., England. Child actor, 'UFA, That Tune, Studio One, Paul Winchell Show, film shows, 1929; critic & reader for Hutchinson'(books),1941-43; inc. Frankie Lathe, Dream World. exec.councilofScenario & Playwriters Circle,1943-46; adapted novels for ABPC until 1945; London political cor- LAGER, OSCAR S.: General manager, Charles H. Moses respondentforSwissnewspaper,1944-47;toHollywood. Theatres, New York. b. New York, N. Y.. Nov. 22, 1908; 1947-48,asreporterforWhat's On; N. Y.reporter for e. (BCS). June, 1927; St. Lawrence U.(LL.B.). London's News Chronicle, What's On, London Week, 1948; June, 1930. Spec. in m. p. theatre accounting; office mgr., author of orig.s.p."Letters from England"; attacked to Sol Brill Enter., 1930-82; asst. to film buyer, gen. mgr., U. S.Govt. branch of Displaced Persons Com. & European traveling auditor, 1983-39; film buyer, booker, chief acct., Relief Div., 1949. Member: Brit. Screenwriters Assoc., Holly- gen. theatre mgr., Charles H. Moses Theatres. wood Screenwriters Guild, English Speaking Union. LAHR. BERT: Actor. r. n. Irving Leshrheim. Long career KVOOL, A. D.: Circuit executive. With Midwesco The- in musical comedies; many films since 1938 including Mr. atres, Inc., five years as dist. mgr.; Finkelstein & Rubin, Broadway. Merry Go -Round of1988,Loveand Hisses, eight years, Minneapolis. Affiliated with Saxe Amusement Josette, Just Around the Corner, Zara, Wizard of Oz, Plays as general manager; zone mgr. Warner Bros. Circuit Mgt. Incl.: Du Barry Was a Lady, Two on the Aisle, Make Mine Corp.; trans. to Chicago, May 1, 1951; v.p. & gen. mgr., Manhattan,HotelParadise.Filmsincl.:SingYour Standard Theatres, Milwaukee, Sept., 1953. Worries Away, RKO: Ship Ahoy, Meet the People, Always. Leave Them Laughing, Mr. Universe, Rose Marie, Second KYO, MACHI KO: Actress.b. Osaka, Japan.e.Osaka, Greatest Sex. Japan. Dancer in Osaka and Tokyo music halls; entered films1948 with Daiei Studio: has appeared in numerous LAI N E, FRA N K I E: Singer.b.Chicago, IlL, March 80, Japanese films; pictures include: Rashomon, Gate of Hell, 1913;e.parochial,localschools.Altar boy,singer Joe Golden Demon, Story of Sbunkln, Tales of Genii, Street Kayser'' band, Merry Garden Ballroom,Chicago; there- of Shame, Teahouse of the August Moon, Ugetsu. after,soloistmany dance bands; onradio,inrecords; pictures include: Sunny Side ofthe Street, When You're Smiling,Bring Your Smile Along,Rainbow Round My L Shoulder, Meet Me in Las Vegas. TV: Frankie Lathe Show. LACEY, CATHERINE: Actress.b. London,England, LAIRD, JACK; Writer. b. Pasadena. Calif., May 8, 1923; May 6, 1904. On stage from 1925; London debut same yr. e.U.C.L.A.. New Sch,ofSocial Research.Shortstory in Thirteenth Chair; N. Y. debut 1931 in The Venetian; also writer, playwright, actor; U. S. Air Force, 8 3T11. :writer on tour, repertory. Brit. screen debut 1938 in Lady Vanishes; many TV shows incl.: Racket Squad, Fireside Theatre, Kraft pictures since include Poison Pen, Cottage to Let,I Know Theatre, Ford Theatre. Waterfront, Private Secretary, Mr. Where I'm Going, Pink String and Sealing Wax, Carnival, District Attorney, China Smith, Wild Bill Hickok; staff October Man, White Unicorn, Whisky Galore, The Man in writer, U -I. the Sky, Rocket's Galore. TV appearances. LAKE, ARTHUR: Actor.r.n.Arthur Silverlake ;b. LAC H MA N. EDWARD: Executive.b.Chester,Pa.. Corbin, Ky. Stage debut at 3 yrs. of age; m.p. debut in August 5, 1908. e. U. of Pennsylvania. n. p. business 1928, silent Western 1924; sound m.p. debut Air Circus 1928: cons.Bentheatre,Cheater.Pa..withfatherBenjamin in vaudeville; on radio in "Blondie and Dagwood" series; Lachman. Roth Theatres northern N. J. to 1939. Purchased owner of plastics household products co.; ore. Arthur Lake State and Lyceum, Boonton. N.J.1940.Pros. Lorraine Productions;picturesinclude:SweetSixteencomedies, Carbons, Inc., Boonton State Theatre Corp., treas. Le Car- Cradle Snatchers, Dance Hall, AnnapolisSalute,Every- bone Corp. Prea. N. J. Allied Theatre Owners, 1946-49. bd. body's Doing It, There Goes My Heart, Blondie series. mem. National Allied.Natl.exhibitor co-chmn., Brother- Sixteen Fathoms Deep. hood Week. U.S.Bonddrive,1949. Member: Variety (Chief Bark Tent 35,1953). SMPTE, TESMA, TOA. LAKE, STUART N.: Writer. b. Rome. N. Y., Sept. 28. 1889; e. Cornell U. Newspaper reporter in Far East. 1909- LADD, ALAN: Actor. b. Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 3. 1913. 15; news & ed.staff N.