FilmIndia (1948)

AND ABROAD AT HOME FURTHER FILM FIRES I New Delhi, April 19. [A film godown at Chandni Liowk was completely gutted on le morning of Sunday the 18th. lie fire is reported to have oriEnated from a defective electric I ring in a room where the prints lid other combustible material Id been kept and instantaneousI spread to the adjoining rooms. I was brought under control after L hour's fight by the municipal ■ e brigade. II Jubbulpore, May 1. I Damage estimated at over Rs. 1)0,000 was caused by a fire in Ibbulpore City yesterday when le entire building and machinery I the Central Talkies was gutted, faile taking a trial of new films sterday morning, the screen sudnly went up in flames which ;ickly spread to other parts of e building. Three fire engines ught the conflagration for four urs before it was brought under ntrol. Ill Karachi. May 2. With the exception of the proctor, all the cinema equipment of the Taj Mahal Talkies, an Urdu Cinema house on Bunder Road, was burnt to ashes when the building suddenly caught fire during the early hours of this morning. It took the fire brigade about half an hour to control the flames. The loss is estimated about a hundred thousand rupees. IV Ahmedabad. April 29. Fire broke out today in the film cabin of the Model Talkies, causing damage estimated at Rs. •40,000. V Salem. May 6. It is reported that some films of four pictures under production awaiting editing were burnt down in a fire yesterday afternoon in an upstairs room of the Modern Theatres Studio, four miles from here. The local fire service rushed to the spot on information and put out the fire before further damage could be caused. NO NERVE FOR IT New York, May 15. Oscar-winner Ronald Coleman and his wife sailed on the "Queen Elizabeth" yesterday for their first visit to England in 15 years. Ronald Coleman said he would appear at the London premiere of the film "A Double Life" for which he won the award, and that he was going to Brussels for the continental opening two weeks later. Asked if he was taking the Oscar with him, Coleman replied liI didn't have the nerve to do". NEW IMPDA OFFICIALS Bombay, May 8. At the ninth annual general meeting of the Motion Picture Distributors' Association, held yesterday in Bombay, the following were elected to the executive committee for 1948: — Mr. M. B. Billimoria, President; Mr. Kikubhai V. Desai. Vice-President; Mr. Harshadrai V. Desai, Hon. Treasurer; Messrs. Chunibhai B. Desai, Jivraj K. Sheth, H. C. Naterwalla, Kevalchand N. Mehta, Dharmakumar B. Merchant, Xanubhai R. Vyas, Dhirubhai M. Mehta and Lalji Hemraj Haridass. NEW EXECUTIVE FOR CEAI The second annual general meeting of the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association of India was held on the 6th May 1948. The second annual report and balance sheet and statement of accounts for 1947 was adopted. The following have been elected as executive committee members for 1948:— Mr. B. D. Bharucha, President: Mr. S. G. Patwardhan, Vice-Presideut: Mr. A. C. Patel. Hon. Treasurer; Messrs. C. J. Desai, K. N. Mehta, V. A. Mudholkar. D. P. Chumble, P. S. Kuka. K. V. Desai, M. N. Dalai. F. H. Sidhwa, K. M. Modi. Abdul Ali. S. M. Kotwal. D. B. Mehta. M. S. Patel (Co-opted) and Surjit Chhabda (Co-opted) . FILM JOURNALIST BELABOURED Burbank (California), May 5. Arthur Day. aged 49, a former cab driver, was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for three months for beating Sheila Howarth, 26. British Film columnist for the 'London Daily Graphic' Day was found guilty by a police court on an assault and battery charge brought about by Miss Howarth, who flew here from 69