Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1932, Page 41

ENGLAND'S MOVIE INDUSTRY GROWING British Companies Make Strong Big to Supplant American Films. BY JOAN LITTLEFIELD. Bpecial Dispaich to The Star LONDON, December 2 (N.AN.A).— It is ccmmonly thought, even in this country, that all the British film studi are ccncentrated at Eistres, the litt Hertfordshire town about 20 mils to the northwest of London, which sud- denly about four years ago found itself famous, and has not to this day done anything about it, preferring to remain obscurely English and take no part in the development of the factory-l buildings that have arisen in its neigh- borhood. As a matter of fact the “British Hollywood,” however, is not confined to Elstree. but is to be found south of the ‘Thames at Twickenham and Tedding- ton; to the west, at Ealing and Shep- herds Bush; nearer home, at Crickle- wood and Islington, and farther out, at Beaconsfield, in Buckinghamshire. 600 Workers Employed. The first film studio in this country was that of the Gaumont company, at Shepherds Bush, a western suburb of London, established in 1914. The first British studio to make a talking picture was that of British International Pic- tures, at Boreham Wood. This com- pany was established five year: and its studios were until recently largest in Europe. Nine pictures can be Pproduced there simultaneously, and the company employs more than 600 perma- aent workers, while during the past year some 14,500 artists took part in talking pictures in its studios. More than a hundred pictures have been produced there since the studio | was opened, some of them bi and m»‘ lingual, among them being “Murder,” starring Herbert Marshall; “After Office | Hours,” a talkie version of John van Druten’s “London Wall,” and “How He Lied to Her Husband,” the first Bernard Shaw play to be filmed. The other studio st Boreham Wood belongs to the British & Dominions Pilm Corp., which recently entered into an agreement with United Artists for the distribution of the pictures of both companies in this country, Australasia, India and Canada. In 1929 this company comprised a single unit working in a small :ctudio with only one sound stage. Now it em- plogs a studio staff of 600, and its po- tential output is 36 pictures a year. It is the only studio in Great Britain to use the Western Electric sound system, and it is now making a series of Britich pictures for Paramount. Policy to Build Stars. The policy of this company, mcre, h than of any other in Great | ritain, is to build up stars, end among | its artists are Jack Buchanan, who has Just completed a new picture, “Yes, M. Brown,” shortly to be distributed in | America; Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn, who have appeared in the talkie vef- | slons of the farces they made famous | at the Aldwych Theater; Anna Neagle, | who starred with Jack Buchanan in | “Good Night, Vienna” (called “Magic | Night” in_the United States); Sydney | Howard, Dorothy Bouthier and Elsie | Randolph. The most important venture of the Gaumont-British Corp. at the moment is the filming of “The Good Compm-| ions,” with Henry Ainley as Jess Oak- royd® and John Gielgud and Jessie Mat- | thews as Inigo Jollifant and Susie Deens. A number of scenes are being | shot in the Ycrkshire Dales and ab| Barnby Moor, Nottinghamshire, and it | is the ambiticn of the director, Victor | Saville, to put the Great North Road | on the rcreen in this picture and to get | a real English background for the story. | “Sunshine Susie,” “Jack's the Boy” I and “Love on Wheels,” thanks in part | to the versatility of Jack Hulbert, but | also to clever photography and a sense | of pictorial values, are among the best | British films of the year, and the films | written and directed by Anthony As- | th, one of which, “A Kingdem for | ve-and-Six,” is now being made, also | are likely to be of mbre than ordinary interest. ; Ealing Studio Up-to-Date. | ‘The Ealing studio, though small, is extremely new and up-to-dete and is | the place chosen by Gloria Swanson for the making of her own film. Her/ film already has cost about $250.000. They are also making at Ealing a film of the W. W. Jacobs classic “Three Men in a Boat.” One of the three men Williaim Austin, 1 known Hollywood. On the whole, this writer's impres- sions after visiting half a dozen of the ‘epding studios is that the British film industry, though its progress has been slow, 15 becomiing more and more im- portant as a factor to be reckoned with in the world market. It is' handicapped still for lack of capital and this may partly account for insufficient publicity; but, in common with most other Eng- lish institutions, it has yet to learn the importance of “blowing its own trum- pet.” The artists are there, thoush a large proportion of them are drawn from th English stage, but thei: nossiaitic e not sufficiently exploited; they are in most cases not tied dovn to ion: <on- tracts and the most prom'sine of them re snapped up by Hollywood Before the tent of their talents are fully reall.zeu Has Clever Director There are, however, a number of ever directors in England, whose work making itseif felt, and ihe tendency is to invite foreign producers, such as Leontine Sagen, who has just com- pleted a film with Oxford as a back ground, to direct films in this count London is admirably fitted as a cen- ter for making bi and tri lingual pic- tures and its fulure as a film-prouu g of international importance would be assured if British and Euro- peen companies worked more closely in co-operation. 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C, FRIDAY, and if more money and more extensive publicity are applied to the British in- dustry, in & few years Hol will have to look to its laurels. Already British films have made their mark and are now being shown in a far greater proportion in British the- aters, since they treat of the life which English people know, while American films, however technically brilliant, are seldlom made with British audiences in mind. When American films are less exclusively American and British films less exclusively British, the two coun- tries will begin really to know the value of each other’s efforts. (Copyright, 1932. by Korth American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) | HOLTON WOLFE, 58, DIES Retired Policeman Will Be Buried | in Frederick, Md. Holton Wolfe, 58, retired policeman; cied late Wednesday at his home, 808 | Taylor street. He was a member of the force from June 6, 1904, until November 1, 1627, serving the entire time as a member of the old fifth precinct com- | mand. . 1 | tired Policemen of the District will at- | tend the funeral services, which will be | held at his late residence at 2 p.m. to- | morrow. Burial will be in Frederick, Md. SUIL K Members of the Association of Re- | MEXICAN CHURCHES - HOLD SECRET RITES |Clandestine Services Appear as Result of Govern- ment’s Ban. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 2—With the application of religious laws in many Mexican states limiting the Catholic popuiace to a restricted num- ber of churches, clandestine religious worship has again made its appearance in_some sections. Such worship under difficulties, how- ever, is on a much smaller scale than was evident fiom 1926 to 1929, when all_churches in Mexico were_closed. | First official cvidence of clandestine | worship came with the arrest of 50 persons in Guadalajara, Jalisco. a week after the state law went into effeck restricting Catholics of that populous state to 57 churches. Jalisco was the scene of much dis- order during the 1926 religious conflict, and reaction of the devout of that state to present strict religious laws has been anxiously awaited. The present situation differs radical- ly from that existing five years ago. All churches were closed at that time, and there was no legal loophole per- mitting worship by the devout. At present, however, churches are open legally almost everywhere, al- though in limited numbers in states where the law has been applied with the riost vigor. 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