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Two stages, 72 by 80 feet and 85 by 100 feet, are in the main building of Hunnia Studios, which also comprises about thirty dressingrooms, with cold and hot water.
Last year was started with the Hungarian and Roumanian versions of The Ghost Train, by Lajos Biro, followed by The Vine, a short Hungarian folk-play. In May and June a great patriotic picture was produced by Sari Fedak, a famous actress of vaudeville and Hungarian plays. In July German Universal Pictures, a branch institution of Carl Laemmle's, was producing a comedy (Skandal in Budapest), with Franciska Gaal and Poul Horbiger in Hungarian and German versions. The most promising picture yet produced is Rokoczi Marsch, in Hungarian and German versions. The cast includes Gustav Frohlich, Tibor Halmay, Puffi Huszar, and Oscar Beregi. In the Hungarian version many of the best stage-actors of Hungary are acting. The picture is of Hungarian national character, set in the most lovely Hungarian country-side, with the background of the manoeuvres of the Hungarian army. The picture was directed by Stephan Szekely, and the music was written by Poul Abraham and includes some ancient folk-songs. It has had the greatest success of any Hungarian picture. The producers are at the present considering the possibilities of making an English version.
F. R. ORBAN.
SOUTH AFRICA
Notwithstanding great difficulties in procuring suitable films and a place for showing with proper equipment, the film society movement seems to be gaining ground. A film society has been formed at Wellington in the Cape, while similar movements are on foot in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, and at Durban. The Cape Film Society showed fragments from the first part of Ivens' Zuider Zee film. A short film, Boy, by the Dutch cineaste, Dick Laan, was enthusiastically received. The Dutch avant-garde seems to have found a firm footing with certain cultural societies here, and it is almost certain that Dutch films, like Teunissen's William of Orange, will attract a good deal of attention. A very interesting evening was provided when Vice-Admiral E. R. Evans, at the request of the Cape Film Society, gave a complementary talk during the screening of Byrd's South Pole film. The Cape Film Society closed its season this year with a joint function in collaboration with the French Circle of the University of Cape Town, when Joan of Arc was presented.
The Minister of the Interior has decided to establish a film archives in which will be deposited films of historical or cultural
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