The motion picture industry (1933)

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Foreign Problems <^ <^> o <^> <^> ^> 401 many, a picture must be one in which the dialogue is wholly in German, and it should be recalled that this necessitated a tremendously increased cost to the American producer, EXHIBIT 37* MOTION PICTURE THEATERS IN EUROPE 1931 GERMANY ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN ITALY RUSSIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA SWEDEN POLAND AUSTRIA BELGIUM HUNGARY DENMARK PORTUGAL YUGOSLAVIA SWITZERLAND FINLAND RUMANIA NORWAY NETHERLANDS GREECE BULGARIA TURKEY LATVIA ESTONIA LITHUANIA 5057 2500 4850 4100 NUMBER OF THEATERS 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 1800 2000 3 I 750 900 185 850 419 740 226 M 505 198 I 300 200 202 42 360 330 133 171 1200 97 ■ 400 213 245 76 266 208 1123 62 1 138 35 190 30 185 27 183 33 177 46 ITALICS INDICATE SOUND INSTALLATIONS * Table compiled by M. P. Dennis, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce regardless of whether he made an out-and-out foreign version or resorted to "dubbing". With the silent film, it was comparatively inexpensive to retitle a picture in any Ian