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L M I N D I A
February 193»
Mr. Chhotubhai Desai goes to Delhi as the manager of the new booking office of Paramount Film Company of Bombay.
THE CHEEKY ANGLO-INDIANS !
The 1st Class Magistrate of Bllaspur has convicted five Anglo-Indians and sentenced them to pay fines ranging from Rs. 50/ to Rs. 75/-. They were charged with committing a riot in the Nadam Cinema Talkie House and preventing an Indian gentleman, Mr. D. P. Ray, Pleader, from occupying a seat in the cinema house.
An instance of class hatred, perhaps ?
FILM INDUSTRY AS THE
8TH KEY INDUSTRY
The members of the National Planning Committee were entertained to tea on the 19th December by the leading members of the Indian Motion Picture Congress.
Several aspects of the film industry and the role the films would play in the scheme of industrialization of the country, provided proper support was forthcoming from the different Provincial Governments, were discussed at the gathering.
The attention of the National Planning Committee was drawn to the fact that the Indian film in
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dustry ranked eighth in importance as a key industry.
DAYLIGHT SCREEN
Dr. Takeo Shimizu of the Scientific and Chemical Institute of Tokyo has invented a new daylight screen which enables pictures to be shown in lighted rooms or in broad daylight after six years of intensive research. The screen is made of celluloid.
The first public projection on this new screen proved a splendid success and the new invention will soon be manufactured on commercial basis.
What a boon to the Educational authorities and to those who clamour for open air cinemas!
HONOURED AT THE TAJ
On the 20th January, Mr. Jagannath J. Patel, "Bauer" representative for India gave a grand luncheon at the Taj in honour of Mr. Baburao Pai, the new partner of the Prabhat Film Co. Sardar Chandulal Shah, Chairman of the Reception Committee of the Indian Motion Picture Congress presided. All the producers, journalists and film celebrities were present for the occasion.
GUNGA DIN STOP PRESS
Ram Bagai, "filmindia's"
Hollywood Correspondent !
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"Your correspondent was j
the only one invited for a J
sneak preview of R.K.O.'s J
film "Gungadin". It may j
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for India, it resembles the j
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India — seen through the }
eyes of British Imperial {
ism." !
MR. BILLIMORIA'S FATHER
Mr. M. B. Billimoria's revered father Mr. Burjorji Nusserwanji Mengushi, a retired contractor and journalist died at Billimoria on the 19th January at the age of 73. Our condolences to Mr. M. B. Billimoria.
HER TRAGIC PART
Hardly a year has passed after the unfortunate death of her husband, cruel fate has again dealt another blow to Mrs. Durga Khote. Her father Mr. Pandurang S. Laud passed away on the 9th January 1939 at the age of 69. Mr. Laud was an eminent solicitor and left behind one son and three daughters to mourn his death. Our sympathies go with Mrs. Laud and her family. Durga Bai is the youngest daughter in the family.
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