FilmIndia (May-Dec 1938)

FILM INDIA December 1938 footage of 6,00,03,76,750 have been placed at the disposal of the educational institutions for exhibition. According to the latest official census about 50 per cent educational institutions are equipped with projectors during a short period of 4 years. Which means that 50 per cent more can still be equipped. And now you know why Germans love Hitler and why Hitler threatens the world. Our Education Ministers should study these figures and blush. AN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION .. A new international organisation called the International Federation of Film Archives has been formed in England under the auspices of the following institutions: The National Film Library of the British Film Institute, London; The Reichsfilm Archive, Berlin; The Museum of Modern Art Film Library, New York, and the Cinematheque Francaise, Paris. The first congress will be held in New York in August 1939. The need for such an organisation was felt with an idea to co-ordinate and facilitate the work being carried on by the individual bodies in their own countries and the Federation came into existence now that they have decided to co-operate with one another. The central offices of the Federation will be in the Palais Royal in Paris. This central office will act as a clearing house between the members and will serve as a source of information for any other film archives not yet members of the Federation. This International Federation of Film Archives marks the first great step forward in the task of preserving the important films of the world. As a result of this close co-operation between the existing organisations, the work of preserving for posterity this valuable new type of social and historical documents will be greatly facilitated. It will make possible the easier exchange of books, printed matter, still photographs, scenarios and other material pertinent to the kliicma throughout the world, as 54 well as insuring the preservation of the films themselves. It also marks the realisation of the great international importance of the film as a record of contemporary times. The following office bearers have been elected for the 1st year: President: John E. Abbot (New York) . Vice-President: Frank Hensel (Berlin) Treasurer: Miss Olwen Vaughan (London) Executive Secretary: M. Georges Franju (Paris). When will India become a member of this Federation? Not till we have a dictator — a real one. mind you! A MENACE— SLOW BUT SURE! Foreigners have built another splendid theatre in Calcutta (India). It is called the "Lighthouse" and is owned by Humayun Associated Theatres Ltd. The cinema has seating capacity of 1500 and typifies everything that is modern and progressive in theatre architecture and equipment. With the two Metros, at Bombay and at Calcutta, "The Lighthouse" becomes the third big theatre owned by foreigners. In addition to this, a rumour persists in the town that the Metros will soon be securing the "Eros" in the city and this will incidentally be the first step to secure a chain of 300 theatres all over India to fortify foreign interests in our country. One would like to know what are the national guardians doing about it, if they cannot save us from this foreign invasion? A GIFT OF £5,000 To meet the cost of establishing a central film library in Glasgow, Scotland, the Carnegie Trust has offered the sum of £5,000 to the British Film Institute. The grant will be spread over three years and the activities of the new library will cover the whole of Scotland. FROM HINDI INTO ANY LANGUAGE! Mr. K. H. Frank who has synchronised "The Cheat" from French into English is a phonetics and technical expert and promises to turn any good foreign film into English with perfect confidence, for its success. He has evolved a new method of his own and in consequence has synchronised from almost every European language into every other, including Hungarian, Rumanian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Polish, French, German and English. The method now known as Unity Films' synchronisation system, does not need a knowledge of the language concerned, but an interpreter, a study of phonetics and lip reading and real actors to take the spoken parts. The speaker must play the part all over again, but he must do it in time with the film itself. The language which Mr. Frank must now add to his collection is Hindi, provided some enterprising producer on our side takes the initiative. * GOD creates MEN We make them GENTLEMEN ? For your next tailorirg come to us. We guarantee >o give you complete satisfaction, and a perfect FIT. Largest Stochisis of all kinds of Silks, Cottons, Palm Peach and Woolen Coeds. Pay us a visit, and you will always COME TO US. DCHBAY CLOTH AGENCY LIMITED. High Class Tailors and Outfitters 5, Pathar Building. Near Jackeria Musjid, Bo-nbay-3 ♦ Phone No. 25973 THE ULTIMATE CHOICE OF THE DISCRIMINATING PEOPLE