Kinematograph year book (1944)

24 The Kinematograph Year Book South Africa. There has been a fall of cinema attendances towards the, end of 1943. Building restrictions together with the difficulties of obtaining equipment have begun to give exhibitors a great deal of worry and concern. In some instances, smaller shows have been closed down to preserve equipment for bigger cinemas. Running times have been reduced. Transport restrictions have aggravated the position tremendously in central city houses, due to the fact that .patrons living outside in suburbs cannot get home after 10 o'clock at night. Cinemas now close at 9:30 p.m. More cass are going off the road every day, and this makes matters worse. Prospects for 1944 are not bright. Convoys do not touch the Cape any more. Thus, stimulation which resulted from these occasional visits, is now absent. FILM PRODUCERS, BUYERS AND RENTERS. African Consolidated Films, Ltd., Box 4552, United Artists' Corporation, S.A. (Pty.), Ltd., Johannesburg. Box 7582, Johannesburg. African Consolidated Films, Ltd., Box 701, ., . „ . .. v ,„ Cape Town Un,on Fllm Productions (1939), (Pty.), Ltd., African Film Productions, Ltd., Box 2787, Box 87l8> Johannesburg. Johannesburg Universal Movies (Pty.), Ltd., Distributors Movie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (South Africa), (Pty.), Equipment. Box 7645, Johannesburg. Ltd., Box 5493 Johannesburg. Twentieth Century-Fox Films, S.A. (Pty.), Ltd., Volkebioskope Maatskappy Beperk, Box 7391, Box 3442, Johannesburg. Johannesburg. KINEMA THEATRE COMPANIES. African Caterers, Ltd., Box 1372, Johannesburg. Transvaal Theatre Enterprises, Ltd., Empire African Consolidated Theatres, Ltd., Box 1574, Buildings, Johannesburg. Johannesburg. T * ™" Theatres, Ltd., Empire Buildings, Cinema Theatres Investment (Pty.), Ltd., Corona TJeirtfXcentary-Fox Films, S.A. (Pty.), Ltd., tion Buildings, 23, Simmonds Street, Johan Box 8442, Johannesburg. nesbur§ Union Theatres (Pty.), Ltd.,'Box 4919, JohannesMetro (M-G-M.), Box 5493, Johannesburg. burg. New Era Theatres (Pty.), Ltd., Box 5675, Johan Western Province Cinemas (Pty.), Ltd., Kimber nesburg. ley House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town. India. India, during 1943, was less disturbed by war threats than in 1942, and business was carried on with less difficulty. Restriction in the use of film stock affected both production and the number of copies available for distribution to civilian audiences. Troops were kept well supplied, both with entertainment and newsreel films. Al priority was given to newsreels, in some instances only three weeks behind London screenings. Propaganda films (which include newsreels) are required to occupy 2,000 feet in each programme. It was expected at the end of the year that 1944 would see an increase in British films shown in India — contracts having been entered into to screen a number of Britain's outstanding films. The number of kinemas in India is 1,460. Of these, 927 show Indian films exclusively, and 216 show foreign films exclusively. FILM BUYERS AND RENTERS. M. B. Bilimoria, Edward Theatre, Kalbadevi Paramount Films of India, Ltd., Humayan Road, Bombay. Court, Lindsay Street, Calcutta. M. B. Bilimoria, 395, Lamington Road, Bombay. B. I. Quality Film, Ltd., Grosyenor House, 21, _ ... , „ ■ ... ' „ .. . ... ' Old Courthouse Street, Calcutta. British Distributors (India), Ltd., 1, Humayan R-K 0 Radio pictures, Ltd., R.K.O. Building, Place, Calcutta. 98e( Central Avenue South, Calcutta. Columbia Films of India, Ltd., Humayan Court, Twentieth Century-Fox Corporation, India, Ltd. Lindsay Street, Calcutta. Box 765, Bombay. Empire Talkie Distributors, Elphinstone Street, United Artists' Corporation, Marshall Building, Capitol Theatre Building, Karachi. Ballard Road, Bombay. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, India, Ltd., P.O. Box 837, Universal Pictures, India, Ltd., Mustafa Building, Bombay. Sir Phirozshah Mehta Road, Fort Bombay, Oriental Film Service, 3, Singanna Naick Street, Warner Bros. First National Pictures, Inc., Eros Madras. Theatre Building, 42, Queen's Road, Bombay.