Kinematograph year book (1948)

596 The Kinematograph Year Book. Franco-Peruana-Cinematografica, S.A., Edificio " El Porvenir," Lima. Peruvian Films Sociedad, Ltda., Calle Lampa 800 Lima. Distribuidora Nacional " Inca," Plaza San Martin 186, Lima. Sud-America Film, Belaochaga 574, Lima. Iberica Films, Edificio Canovaro, Plaza San Martin 166, Lima. Lima Film Company, Calle Lampa 800-816, Lima. American Columbia Pictures of Peru, Apartado Postal 2532, Edificio Mineria, Lima. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer del Peru, Casilla 922, Lima. Paramount Films Of Peru, Inc., Apartado 582, Lima. RKO Radio Pictures del Peru, S.A., Plaza San Martin 142, Lima. Republic Pictures del Peru, Inc., Giron Contumaza 283, Lima. 20th Century-Fox Peruana, S.A., Jiron de la Union 733, Lima. United Artists Corporation, Casilla Correo 2782, Lima. Universal Pictures, Calle Pileta de la Merced 148, Lima. Warner Bros. First National South Films Inc., Jesus Nazareno 165, Apartado 1910, Lima. PRODUCERS Amauta Films Co. Productora Peruana de Peliculas. Nacional Films del Peru. Productora Huascaran. Ratto Films. Newsreels Peru Sono Films. Leo Films. STUDIOS Ratto Films. Nacional Films de Peru. Productora Huascaran. TRADE PUBLICATIONS El Exhibidor, E. S. Publications, Lima. THE PHILIPPINES "RESIDES Philippine films, practically only American films are shown. Very few British pictures are exhibited. There are 21 distributors including agencies of most of the American producers. Kinemas : 407 of which 52 are in Manila. Annual admissions : 100,000,000. Production : Of the 14 native production companies, four own studios. Some 24 films were produced in 1947. Education : Production of educational and scientific films is non-existent. The United States Information Service with portable set-ups provide shows in schools, hospitals and factories or in outdoor situations. POLAND THE film industry was nationalised in 1945 when the State enterprise film Polski was formed and functions under the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. Kinemas : 560. Seating capacity : 23,000. Annual admissions : 20,000,000. Distribution is handled by the Central Bureau of Film Hire. In 1945-46 films were imported as follows : U.S.S.R. 40 ; France 43 ; Sweden 10 ; Switzerland 2 ; U.S.A. a few. In 1947 permits were granted for the entrv of 40 British and 65 American films and a number from individual French and other producers. Production : One studio at Lcdz. The studio at Warsaw destroyed in the war is to be rebuilt with four stages. Films made in 1947 include two features, 150 newsreels and long documentaries and about 50 shorts. The Scientific Film Institute at Lodz has about 500 16mm. silent and 10 — 20 mobile sound projectors. PORTUGAL '"jPHE main Government Department dealing A with films is the Secretariado Nacional de Informacao, Cultura Popular e Turismo in Lisbon. There is a sub-division of Espectaculos and again a section for the kinema. This Department awards three prizes annually for the best Portuguese films. It also supervises the application of the quota law of January 1947, by which one week in six has to be reserved for the howing of home-produced films. A special tax is payable by theatres on all foreign films. Customs and other duties represent about 25 per cent, of the revenues of the industry— exhibitors' admission taxes, etc., amount to about 30 per cent. The Inspeccao Geral dos Espectaculos and the Ministry of National Education, Lisbon, issues the special licenses for imported films. Latest statistics show that during the first six months of 1947, 173 films had their first run in Lisbon. Six of them were Portuguese, the rest including: 9 British, 116 U.S., 13 French, 9 Italian, 5 Spanish, 5 German, 3 Swedish, 3 Brazilian, 2 Argentine and 2 SpanishPortuguese co-productions. The number of theatres in operation is 290 approximately. Trade organisations : exhibitors — Gremio Nacional dos Cinemas ; distributors — Gremio Nacional dos Distribudores de Filmes Cinema tograficos ; employees — Sindicato Nacional dos Profissionals de Cinema. — H. H. Wollenberg. Directory PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS Filmes Albuquerque, Lda., Av. da Liberdade, 73, Lisbon. Filmes Alcantara, Rua dos Condes, 2, Lisbon. Filmes Castel Lopez Lda., Praca Marques de. Pombal, 6, Lisbon. Fiimes Luiz Machado, Lda., Av. Liberdade, 161, Lisbon . Agencia Cinematographica H. da Costa, Av. Liberdade, 245, Lisbon. Companhia Cinematographica de Portugal, Rua Eugenio des Santos, no, Lisbon. Continental Filmes, Lda., Praca Marques de Pombal, 6, Lisbon. Lisboa Film Lda. (Quinta dos Ulmeiros), Alameda das Linhas de Torres, Lisbon. Salm Levy Junior & Co., Rua da Conceicao, 107, Lisbon. Exclusivos Luis Pereira, Lda., Rua Eugenio dos Santos, Teatro Politeama, Lisbon. Sociedade Importadoral de Filmes, Lda., Praca des Restauradores, 13, Lisbon. Sociedade Universal de Super Filmes, Lda., Av. de Liberdade, 73, Lisbon. Sonoro Film, Lda., Praca de Alegria, 22, Lisbon