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RUSSIAN CLASSICS ON 16 MM
Initiated last December as a section of the Workers' Theatre Movement, KINO commenced operations by securing the substandard rights for all Soviet Films, and proceeded to issue Potemkin on 1 6 mm. non-flam stock. This was hired out to local organizations, to be shown in unlicensed halls and was such a success that it paid for itself in two months. In February The General Line was issued and shown in a similar way throughout Britain.
As was to be expected, in view of its not having a Board of Censors' Certificate, there has been a great deal of trouble from the authorities whenever a show of Potemkin has come to their knowledge. There is, of course, no law to stop the showing of nonflam films in premises not licensed for cinematograph performances, but the L.C.C. (or other Council), together with the Police, often succeed in getting hall proprietors to cancel the bookings. This, although it may cause considerable inconvenience, worry and extra expense to the organisers, rarely has the desired result of preventing anyone from seeing the film. In almost every case, the show has been given either on the same day or else a few days later — generally to a greatly enlarged audience, the extra numbers being due to the free publicity given by the authorities.
For next season it is hoped to have twelve or fourteen films available, including some of KINO'S own shorts. Among these will possibly be : —October, Storm over Asia, Mother, St. Petersburg, Deserter, Enthusiasm, Earth, Turksib, The Blue Express, Ivan, Golden Mountains, Komsomol, Ghost that Never Returns, and The Road to Life.
Enquiries should be addressed to KINO, 33 Ormond Yard, London, W.C.i.
NEW PROJECTOR
A new sound-on-film projector using 17.5 mm. film has been marketed by Pathescope. The film has one row of perforations and one perforation per frame. The additional 1.5 mm. over 16 mm. allows the sound track to be the same size as on standard film and still provides a larger picture area. The same lamp is used both for projection and illumination of the sound track. Power is obtainable from any ordinary lamp socket on A.C. mains with a consumption as low as 2^ amps. A special shutter gives flickerless projection of pictures up to 10 feet wide.
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