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MONEY BEHIND THF, SfREEN 53
III— FINANCE (COXrLUSIONS.) 40. (a) The Present Phase of British Film Fiimncr. With ita tem|)eHt iiouH csxpan.Mion and curioiiH (inaiicinj/, tlif prr'Hrnt phaHe in the (iovclopmcnt of the British film iiidiislry haH all the ap|K*aranco of a hectic boom rushing touanls its culminalion i)oint. But it iH a boom that has a iiumbrr of {K-ciihar featun-s. Wo Hhall endeavour in this Hcction briefly to indicatf,' {<i) the tempo of present ex})anfiion, {b) the most striking of tho features that distinguish tho fihn boom from similar experiences elsewhere.
The expansion of the trade is rcflect<'d in the figures for ntnv companies registen^d. Taking tho particulars ])ubli.shcd in tho Kinematixjraph Wfckh/ and Kineinatograph Yiarhook resj)ectivcly, wo fuid that during tlie last twelve years, new film, cinema, etc., companies were registered at the following rato : —
MlSCKLLANOUS.
Year
Production*
Rentinu
ExinuiTioN
(includinp: Kiiuipnunt, etc.)
TOTA
1926
16
25
110
26
176
1926
21
25
138
26
210
1927
26
17
143
29
215
1928
87
16
94
26
172
1929
69
3
150
68
270
1930
36
4
176
48
264
1931
66
5
174
49
283
1932
46
7
212
38
.303
1933
64
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222
67
349
1934
r86
10
251
68
415
1935
108
13
226
64
411
1936 (10 mtliP.)
( 87
7
106
47
337
The rate of acceleration so clearly marked particularly in the production companies' figures, is even more accentuatedly reflected in the following figures kindly supplied by Messrs. Jordan & Sons, Ltd. (the totals differ from those of the preceding series owing to certain differences of classification) : —
Number of new Film and Cinema Companies and their total
nominal capital registered in 1931-36 : — Year. No. of Companies. Total Capital (£).
1931 201 972.600
1932 224 1,344,509
1933 253 2,258,290
1934 259 1,895,435
1935 338 3,677,440
1936 395 15,921,565**
It will be seen from both these series that the expansion which commences in about 1933, became most marked in 1935 (and in the first months of 1936), but in view of the necessary time lag between the registration of a company and the actual completion of its first
* Including a small proportion of router-producers.
♦♦Including Cinema Ground Rents and Properties, Ltd., with £5.000.000 capital which is olasalfied as a land company by ^reesrs. Jordan & Sons. Ltd. Th^ other main rompaniea in the \^M tntnl nre r'nion Cinemas. Ltd. with £0.500. 00(* and G. C. F. Corporation, Ltd. with ll,2L*r»,U00 capital.