FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

AT HOME AND ABROAD BON VOYAGE! vlr. Chuni Lall, Managing DirecI of Filmistan Ltd. and President c the Motion Picture Society of ■ tia, left for Europe, accompanied I Mrs. Chuni Lall, by the P.O. ler S.S. Canton which sailed from ttnbay on the 29th April. I\ large number of friends, film l)ducers and other studio execu|;s bid a touching farewell to Mr. Sluni Lall who is on a sick leave II will be taking expert medical latment in Switzerland during the let four months. vVith the future of the Indian film ustry on the official anvil these s Chuni Lall's absence from e is bound to be very keenly |t in the film industry which has n practically shaped and guided the versatile genius of this great n magnate of India who has been leader of all the official delegais on the different problems of industry during the last 15 years. asily the busiest and most prosous film producer in the country lay, Chuni Lall could yet find time attend to the official and indusal aspects of film making in India Id induce a none-too-desirable pwd of producers, distributors and Ihibitors to present a united front in the industry's representations to the government. Let us pray, in the interests of the industry which he has served so faithfully and sincerely all these years, for Chuni Lall's quick recovery and early return to India. As friends we wish him a happy holiday, well earned through years of toil and struggle, and bon voyage to both Mr. & Mrs. Chuni Lall. A FEATHER IN OUR CAP! New Delhi, April 10. The Indian Parliament passed the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, intended to restrict the exhibition of films not considered suitable for children and adolescents, on Saturday the 9th April. The House also accepted an amendment permitting mothers to take children below three to picture houses. The present Bill provides for two kinds of certificates — a 'A' (Adult I certificate authorizing exhibition to adults only and a 'U' (Universal) certificate authorizing unrestricted exhibition of films. An adult is defined in the Bill as a person who has completed his 18th year, a doubtful definition, of course. Moving the Bill to amend the Cinematograph Act, Mr. R. R. Diwa litor Raburao Patel wishes bon voyage to his old friends Mr. and Mr*. Chuni dl at the pier. To the extreme left is Producer Mukherje* with his little son and next to him is Dr. R. N. Cooper. Producer S. S. Vasan of the South has put all the Indian producers to shame by his magnanimous donation of a lakh of rupees to the Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial Fund. What are the other producers — some of whom brag of having made tons of money — doing? kar, Minister for Information, explained that under the provisions of the Bill the film censors would be able to restrict exhibition of horrific, sexy or crime films to adults only, thus preventing children under 18 from seeing them. The provincial governments had already been consulted and they had considered this measure necessary. It is hardly necessary to emphasize here the undisputed fact that this new legislation protecting our young minds from crime and sexy films is entirely due to the ceaseless campaign against such pictures carried out by "filmindia" since 1938. TOUGH NO MORE! Hollywood, April 16. W allace Beery, the popular tough man of the screen, died at Hollywood on Friday 15th April at the age of 63. Adventurous since childhood. Beery ran away from school to become an elephant trainer with the Ringling Circus. His love for acting soon found him working in Henry W. Savage's "Babes in Toyland" on Broadua\. Financially broke, he joined the movies and one of his big pictures was "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" where he made a name as a comedian. Then came the "Min and Bill" series with Marie Dressier and Beery and Dressier be 57