European motion-picture industry (1932)

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-85 wera takan in Sweden and Lapland. Nordisk Film Studio at Copenhagen. All the studio scenes were made at the The Asa studio was built in 1936. This company has a production schedule of from 3 to 5 films a year. It is reported to have a working arrangement with Europa Film of Stockholm whereby the Asa films may also be produced with Swedish players at the Copenhagen studio. One such film was made by the Swedish company in 1937. Nine of the pictures were comedies, two were dramas, and one was a revue film made up of the 24 best numbers from the various summer shows. The length of these Danish films ranged from 2,045 meters to 3,115 meters. The average length of a Danish picture is 2,500 meters. The table which follows lists the feature films produced by the domestic industry in 1937 and gives the name of the producing company and the length and type of each film. Name of film Producing company Length, Type of meters film En fuldendt Gentleman (A Perfect Gentleman) Froken Mollers Jubilaem (Miss Miller's Jubilee) Den kloge Mand (The Quack) Der var engang en Vicevaert (Once There Was a Janitor) Alarm Laila Mille, Marie og Mig (Mille, Marie and Me) Stavansbaandet (Bondage) Plat og Krone (Head or Tails) Incognito Kongens Blaa Matroser (The Ki.ig's Blue Sailors) D3t Bdgyndte Om Bord (It Began On Board) Cocktail Palladium Palladium Palladium Gefion Dana 3,115 Comedy 2,850 Comedy 2,610 Drama 2,950 Comedy 2,900 Comedy Asa Asa Asa Asa Asa Nordisk Film 2,500 Drama Nordisk Film 2,820 Comedy Nordisk Film 2,800 Historical 2,445 Comedy 2,500 Comedy 2,800 Comedy 2,045 Comedy 2,240 Revue In addition to the above, Dansk Film Co. A/S, Copenhagen, made a special film for release in connection with the 25th anniversary of the coronation of King Christian X. This picture, which was 2,475 meters in length, showed a cavalcade of the last 25 years of Danish history.