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KORDA STES LONDON AS WORLD FILM CENTER| BRITISH PRODUCER IS COLOR ENTHUSIAST!
Within three years London will rival Hollywood as a world film center!
This was the confident prediction made by Alexander Korda, England's premier producer of motion pictures, during his recent visit to the United States when he became an owner—producer of the United Artists Corporation.
| Speaking frankly to a group of foreign correspondents in New York, the tall, soft-spoken producer of "The Private Life of Henry VIII," "The
Scarlet Pimpernel," "Sanders of the River" and other film successes, declared:
"Within three years, or perhaps two, the British film industry will be as great in production and earning power as the American film industry. It stands to reason that London which is the spiritual and cultural center of & great empire will develop this ereat art on the same scale as it did ereat literary fieurea,.
"Por that matter, I believe that New York will also become an important film center. It has a wealth of technical and stage talent on which it ‘can draw plus a cosmopolitan viewpoint that will make the pictures internationally acceptable."
Korda believes that, far from viewing London and New York as rivals,
t Hollywood will welcome the friendly competition and cooperate with the other film centers for the betterment and further development of the art of the motion picture.
In answer to a question, Korda said he had no intention of signing up Hollywood stars for his forthcoming productions. "There are énough good players with starring possibilities right in England," he declarec emphatically. "Our company developed such names as Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Elizabeth Bergner and Merle Oberon. I venture to say that London has a greater number of excellent players than either Holly-— y) wood or New York. English producers cannot be a parasite on Hollywood, We must and will develop our own stars."
» At Jéast two of the six pictures he will make during the next twelve months will be in Technicolor, Korda revealed. He admitted he was an enthusiast regarding the future of color. “All important motion pictures will eventually be made in color," he prophesied. "In the next three years you will see color pictures improve as rapidly as did the sound pictures."
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Korda spoke enthusiastically of his association with H.G. Wells, who recently announced that he intended to devote his future writing exclusively to the screen. Two of Wells! screen plays, Korda vointed out, are now in production-—"Thines to Come" and "The Man Who Could
€ Work Miracles," and he admitted that he has a promise from Wells that he will write at least one screen play a year for him for the next three years,
Korda concluded the interview with a tribute to Walt Disney. "When it comes to producing pictures, Disney is in a class by himself. He's a genius. I adore his Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony films"