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PARAMOUNT PUNCH.
The New 1932 PARAMOUNT PUNCH.
Vol 6.— No. 6. Sept. 21st, 1932. Reg Kelly — Editor.
Published e\e\y Wednesday by Paramount Film Service Ltd.,
Head Office. Sydney, Australia, in the interests of the Paramount organisation in Australia, New Zealand and the Par East. Dedicated to the fighting Sales Campaign for the rest of 1932.
CONTENTS ARE STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
W. J. CLARK,
M.inaging Director.
STANDINGS
TO
DATE.
■ JEREWITH are the Film
B 1 Rental
and Ad. Sales
standings to date, in the Month
of September
Drive : —
PARAMOUNT MONTH.
(All of September.)
FILM
RENTALS.
Branch.
Percentage.
Perth
134.37
Melbourne ...
130.87
Adelaide
126.08
Sydney
110.96
Wellington
104.56
Brisbane
98.17
AD.
SALES.
Branch.
Percentage.
Brisbane
417.14
Adelaide
414.71
Perth
305.50
Wellington ...
299.91
Sydney
290.25
Melbourne
256.01
GET SET FOR
N 0 V E
M B E R !
PARAMOUNT ANNOUNCES 64 PICTURES FOR 1933.
Entirely New Poliey.
SQUARELY facing the fact that motion pictures have entered an era of new entertainment values, Paramount, in announcing its 1933 production schedule, simultaneously announces the inauguration of an entirely new principle of picture-making.
“A minimum of 64 Feature Releases are planned for the coming year”, states Mr. William ). Clark, in making known our policy for the new season.
‘‘Under the new plan, each picture must have an individual and special appeal of its own. To this end. Paramount production executives have considered every picture on the new programme as an individual unit, with a definite entertainment value to the public. Careful plans have been made in the selection of outstanding story material, assignment of stars, players and directors, and the addition of the element of timeliness in the choice of stories.”
“The timeliness of stories is going to play a big part in the new production schedule, so much so that a big portion of the programme is being kept in reserve to take care of any special subjects that may occupy the news of the day.
Herewith are some of Paramount’s New Season Croup which are either in production, or scheduled for early filming:
Cecil B. De Mille's production of “The Sign of the Cross” is the biggest production undertaken by any company since the coming of sound. It is big in every sense of the word, and will be real road-show calibre. The cast includes Elissa Landi, Fredric March, Claudette Colbert and Charles Laughton.
“Love Me To-Night”, starring Maurice Chevalier, with Jeanette MacDonald, Charlie Ruggles and Charles Butterworth in the cast.
“Blonde Venus”, starring Marlene Dietrich, with Herbert Marshall and Cary Grant.
“Madame Butterfly”, costarring Sylvia Sidney and Cary
Grant, supported by a distinguished cast.
“A Farewell to Arms”, co
starring Helen Hayes and Cary Cooper, supported by Adolphe Mcnjou.
“Horse Feathers” with the Four Marx Brothers.
“The Big Broadcast” with Stuart Erwin, Leila Hyams and radio stars, including Bing Crosby, Burns and Allen, Cab Calloway, Vincent Lopez, Kate Smith and others.
“Thieves and Lovers” an Ernst Lubitsch production with Miriam Hopkins, Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis and Claudette Colbert.
“The Phantom President”
with George M. Cohan, jimmy Durante, Claudette Colbert, Frances Dee and Gene Raymond.
THERE’S PLENTY OF PUNCH IN THE BLUE RIBBON BUNCH.