Kinematograph Year Book 1947 (1947)

Overseas. m FILM BUYERS AND RENTERS M. B. Bilimoria, Edward Theatre, Kalbadevi Road, Bombay. M. B. Bilimoria, 395, Lamington Road, Bombay. British Distributors (India), Ltd., 1, Humayan Place, Calcutta. Columbia Films of India, Ltd., Humayan Court, Lindsay Street, Calcutta. Empire Talkie Distributors, Elphinstone Street, Capitol Theatre Building, Karachi. Independent Releases, Hamam House, Hamam Street, Fort, Bombay. India and Overseas Film Corp., Bombay. Information Films of India, 74-94, Tardeo Road, Bombay, 7. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, India, Ltd., P.O. Box 837 Bombay. Paramount Films of India, Ltd., Humayan Court, Lindsay Street, Calcutta. R.K.O. Radio Pictures, Ltd., Dhan Nur Building, Sir Phirozshah Mehta Road, Bombay. Twentieth Century-Fox Corporation, India, Ltd., Box 765, Bombay. United Artists' Corporation, Marshall Building, Ballard Road, Bombay. Universal Pictures, India, Ltd., Mustafa Building, Sir Phirozshah Mehta Road, Fort, Bombay. Warner Bros. First National Pictures, Inc., Eros Theatre Building, 42, Queen's Road , Bombay. Italy By H. H. Wollenberg AN embargo on the unrestricted importation of films from Dec. 31, 1946 *"*■ and new legislation stipulating that three weeks' screentime in every quarter — a minimum of 84 days a year — shall be reserved for home production are new measures introduced by the Government in Italy. The new legislation also provides for an increase by 300,000,000 lire in the funds allocated to the Film Credit Institute, through the medium of which part of the State entertainment tax is returned to Italian producers. If new taxation measures, under consideration, become valid, an additional 500,000,000 lire will be derived from the Italian box-office. The total of theatre grosses during 1946 is authoritatively estimated at 14,000 million lire, as compared with 6,500 million in 1945, when 334,000,000 attendances were recorded. This increase in takings is not only due to the opening of new kinemas, but to currency inflation. Entertainment tax for 1946 amounted to 3,000 million lire. In the period from August 1, 1945, to October 30, 1946, 62 feature films were produced ; a further 9 films were then on the floor and 10 under preparation. Takings of this Italian production output are estimated at 1,500 million lire. At the same time, production costs rose considerably during 1946; according to the report of ANICA, the trade organisation, production expenses at the beginning of 1946 had increased to 15 times the amount of 1942. Preventive censorship is to be abolished. PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. Agic (Azienda Generale Industriali Cinemato grafici), Rome. Alfa Film, Via Po 22, Rome. Amato Film, Via Sistina 91, Rome. Ambrosiana Film, Via N. Tartaglia 15, Rome. Ardea Film, Rome. Ars Film, Via A. Depretis 45a, Rome. Artisti Associati, Via Q. Sells 69, Rome. Atena Film, Via Romani 9, Genoa. Atlantide Film Company, Genoa. Atlas Film, Via F. Crispi 20, Rome. Aurea Film, Via Mercede 9, Rome. Capitani Film, Via Umbria 7, Rome. Colombo Film, Rome. Colosseum, Via Sardegna 81, Rome. Compagnia Generale Produzioni Oinematograp fiche Universalfilm S.A., Latino Consortium, Rome. Consorzio Eia, Via Varese 16b. Rome. Dora Film, Turin. Domus Film, Via Flaminia 380, Rome. E.N. I.C., Via Mercadante 36, Rome. Ebro Film, Via 9 Maggio 1, Turin. Exceptional Film. Exponential Film. Fauno Film, Via. S Basilio 19, Rome. Ftdercine, Turin. Film Religiosi, Via Plebiscito 107, Rome. Fincine Lungot, A. Brescia 5, Rome. Fulcar Film, Via S. Nicolo Tol 41, Rome. GDB, Via Nomentana 309, Rome. Generalcine, Via Vicenza 29, Rome. Grandi Film Storici, Via Lucullo 11, Rome. I.C.A.I., Rome. I.C.I., Via Tritone 87, Rome. Imperator Film, Via C. Beccaria 23, Rome. Incine, Via Piemonte 63, Rome. Iris Film, Via C. die Rienzo 8, Rome. Itala Acustica, Via M. Crisina 5, Rome. Itala Film, Via Lucullo 11, Rome. Italcine, Via Ludovisi 16, Rome. Istituto Nazionale Luce Nuova, Via S. Susanna 17, Rome. Leoni Film, Via Vicenza 5, Rome. Libertas-Film, Rome. Lux Film, Via Po 36, Rome. Manenti Film, Sal. San Nicolo Tol ib, Rome. Martegani-Film Milan. Mediolanum Film, Milan. Metropa Film, Via Nazionale 243, Rome. Minerva Film, Via Palestro 45a, Rome.