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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 14.

1931.

THE

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HOME BROADCAST.

5 GSW HEARD DISTINCTLY IN HONGKONG.

We are informed by the owner of a Philips set (typo 2802, three valves without pentode) that from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. yesterday he Hatened in to Chelmsford with ex- cellent results. "Big Bun" was heard to strike and among other

itema hoard were:

The B.B.C. Alm in an amusing review of the following films:

Constance Grey in "Horn to

Love"

"Sous les cleis de Paris". "Song of the Alpe"

BRITISH FILMS FORGE RAPIDLY AHEAD.

BIG DROP IN AMERICAN FOOTAGE.

Prospects of the British Alma industry have rarely been as bright no they are to-day.

CINEMA DISASTER.

SEVENTEEN PEOPLE BURNED' TO DEATH.

Tokyo, May 10. Sixteen people were burned to, death and 34 others injured in a fire which broke out last night in British International Pictures, the village of Shimamaki, in Hok- Ltd, expect shortly to have 10 kaido, during a cinoma exhibition productions on the floor simultane-in a temporary shack. ously, thus keeping all their studios Occupied together, a circumstance that occurs as a rule only at com- paratively long intervals.

Further, the sale of British films "Shadow Ranch" at New Gal-in the United States is said to be

lery,

steadily increasing, whilst British Greta Garbo in "Trilby." undiences are finding that the Profesor Hardy gave the last breakdown of the screen monopoly of a series of talks on "Food from of the imported film is not being the Sea."

accompanied by any decline in conduct-entertainment quality.

The B.B.C. Symphony, ed by Percy Pitt.

Talk with illustrations of me- lodies by Purcell,

Chamber Music.

into

The Alm suddenly burst flame and the terrified audience of about two hundred people, started a wild stampede for the exit.

The flames spread with such. that the panic-stricken rapidity

was rapidly engulfed nudience in them as they made their mad rush to escape from the burning building.

CANA

con-

PACIFE

YTLASTIKP

LIME

Sixteen houses in the vicinity

the How rapid is the progress of were destroyed before the British Tim in capturing anflagration was finally subdued. important place on the British

DI

screen may be gauged from the Jack Payne and the H.B.C. Dance fact that, whilst the popularity Orchestra.

A Wide Range,

The owner of a Super Wasp 4

writes:

Now that the season for long wave listening is over, 1 would like to give your readers and lis- teners some of my experiences in listening in with a Pilot Super Wasp screened grid long short wave receiver.

purched it last August, for early months falled Re, anything but the neat

and

and

Only Exit Blocked.

are

Later. the movica and talkica is on the

The casualties in the fire of whole increasing, the footage

doad, all foreign films imported annually now put at seventeen into Britain is diminishing Ly Women and children. about 20 per cent, each year.

Large Capital Invested.

£80,000,000 is Approximately invested in the British film indus try. The first thing that set the British film trade on the road to

When the caught fire the only exit became blocked, and the death roll would have been heavier had not many jumped through thei windows to safety.---Rouler.

to prosperity was the Qunta Art of | for British producers in bring over

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1027.

Foreign artists to make continental versions of their principal screen forts at a comparatively amuil

tions, but after making modifien- Until that year Britain did little tions in my serial and set. Euro-to make up the ground that had pean stations began roll in be lost during the World War.

On February last one reason was that British splendidly.

sonic ex This is a matter of

ini- at 9 pm. I heard the wireless

exhibitions displayed grent reluctaner [portance, for of the world's 65,000 telephones at Napier, New Za to showing British pictures, cinemas. 26,700 are situated in lamat 7,500 miles away! for the

non-English speaking countries. first tom A reporter was giving Exhibitors refaard to display and the foreign market is there- in great detail reperta

they for us the British pictures because

item of great moment. merlloqunkas. The next morning alleged they were not good; and Realizing this Elstree has already your newspaper gave the areount good British pictures were not produced · seven bior tri-lingual of the auster nimost na badprodueel because there was little films. heard it. The ext evening or no chaser of getting them ex- picked up farther reports, Dials hibited. The 1927 act rendered 70,/93 about 24 mistres Every valuable service to the British film word could be pininly heard.

not

industry by securing producers a the small but growing partion of British screen on which they could show what they could do.

Fewer Stage Plays Used.

Another circumstance that is often reckoned an' advantage is the of the great dramatic tradition British stage, which might be thought to contain the raw material |of many a film.

On February 23, between 8 and 10 p.m., I received 9 Far Eastern stations Long wave) from 1230 fa.n. 16 8 a.m. On February 24.

The act stipulated tied in 1927 working with a friend, we pulled in 36 European stations long

every British cinema stwuld devete

The British filmt inchiatry now, ila programnie wave), Swedish, Russian, German 7% per cen: of

however, is inclined to look away and French stations. The most to British Alms, this quota increas- important were Toulouse (France) Ing until in 1938 it is due to reach from the stage for the source of

ita ipspiration. IL 386 metres, London Regional 35620 per cent. After 1 h a pursted a policy of reproducing

British producers Mulaches

(Germany), assumes that 360 metres. Bratesinva (Ger will be able to hold those of other

metres. Heilsbergcountries. (Germany) 276.5 metres. The stations named were recognized: the others we were unable to get their announerntents.

metres.

many

279

Talkies Stopped Work,

i

has hitherto

J}}} almost age successes with monotonous regularity, with the result that dialogue has bflen been more important than action, which is certainly not making the best possible use of the potentialities of the camera.

The coming of the tulkies throw the British film trade Into con- All the stations received could fusion, for great quantities of

This period of the development | have been put on the loud speaker, silent pictures were thereby made of the British film has now come bat owing to the late hour we re-

unsalable. For three months after

When British Interna- frained from doing so.

the news of the Warner Brothers to an end.

tional Pictures transfer # singo Roma (Naples) and Chelmsford invention reached England, Elstree, get almost nightly. The former the chief film producing centre in to the screen they cause the whole piece to be transformed and comes in very strong about 11.80 | Britain, almost entirely ceased rewritten in the idiom of the mov- p.m. and the latter af 2 a.m. tum production, waiting to see whethering picture, so that the resulting Imer time) just as strong. Rom the first, enthusiasm for talkien Alm la practically an original work, is a splendid station. The music would last. When it did. Elstree conceived and executed no as to is clear and of excellent volume, at about making talkies for itself. take fullest advantage of the just as loud as inir local station. Its first success has been follow-enpacities of the camera. Thus, Chelmsford. although much

The Limping Man," a forthcom lder station. is just

ed by many others. These good.

cesses are not surprising, for the ing production, has its stage Rom (Naples) 25.4 metres dials

British am trade has several con dialogue so altered and cut down Dutres 70/87: Chelmsford 25.54

siderable advantages over its chief that it occupies but 23 minuter of 704/88. 1 Can separate

competitors: Its headquarters, for example, at Elstree are only a few miles away from London, so that

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I keep a log of all stations re- ceived, but to give thear it would take up too much space in your paper, so only give what I think are the most important,

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