That Marvel—The Movie: A Glance at Its Past, Its Promising Present and Its Significant FutureVan Zile, Edward S. (Edward Sims)
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That Marvel—The Movie: A Glance at Its Past, Its Promising Present and Its Significant Future
Van Zile, Edward S. (Edward Sims)
Motion pictures
In Greece there are about 40 motion-picture houses, 9 of which are in
Athens.
In India, Burma and Ceylon there are about 168 motion picture houses, 16
of which are in Calcutta.
In Java there are 250 motion-picture theatres. American films are the
most popular. One of the largest theatres seats 2,000 Europeans and
2,500 natives.
In Japan there are about 600 motion-picture theatres giving regular
performances and about 2,000 more giving occasional performances. Tokyo
has about 50 houses, Osaka 30, Kobe 15, and Kyoto 10. These theatres
seat between 500 and 1,500 people.
There are in the Netherlands 170 licensed film theatres, with more than
50 other theatres, town halls and society rooms where films are
occasionally shown.
Bergen, Norway, a city of 100,000 inhabitants, has seven motion-picture
theatres, with a combined seating capacity of 4,000. Seventy-five per
cent of the films shown are American.
Lisbon, Portugal, has 3 motion-picture theatres with a seating capacity
of 800 persons each, and thirteen smaller houses seating about 400 each.
There are about 120 motion-picture theatres in all Portugal. American
picture films are rapidly increasing in popularity.
The largest motion picture theatre in Bucharest, Rumania, has a seating
capacity of 1,200.
Sweden is better supplied with motion picture theatres than any country
in the world. With a population of 6,000,000 it has over 600 cinema
houses. Stockholm, with a population of 500,000, has 75 picture
theatres.
Great Britain has about 4,000 motion-picture theatres. The largest and
best appointed cinema theatres in the United Kingdom are found in the
provincial towns of England such as Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and
Liverpool.
France has about 2000 picture theatres, Denmark 250, Belgium about 800.
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APPENDIX G
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC RELATIONS COÖPERATING WITH MOTION
PICTURE PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA, INC.
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