C.J. Latta

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Cleo Jesse Latta CBE (died 6 October 1974 in Stamford, Connecticut)[1] was a British film executive best known for being managing director of Associated British Picture Corporation and Warner Bros. cinemas.[2][3] He helped establish the Variety Club.[4] He was awarded with a CBE in 1964.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "C.J. Latta, 80, Who Headed British Film Company, Dies". The New York Times. 8 October 1974. Page 44, column 4. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "All Change at Elstree: Warner Bros., ABPC and British Film Policy, 1945‐1961". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 21 (1). 2001.
  3. ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press. p. 79.
  4. ^ "C.J. Latta". Variety Club.
  5. ^ "Mr C J Latta Honored". British Pathe.