A SIX MONTHS' TOUR.
FILMS IN NEW ZEALAND. Giving evidence in the Arbitration Court at Wellington in a case in which a film house was concerned, . the departmental manager stated that when a film was hired out it did ■not como back again to the house for six months. During that period it went on a round-about circuit comprising: almost every town in New Zealand. On the question as to whether the business was a wholesale one, witness said that the films were not sold, onlv hired; and as a matter of fact tho firm itself did not own the films, but only leased them Films could not be purchased, only leased from tho American, English, or Continental manufacturers, and when the Icso expired the films had to be returned. Charlie Chaplin in "The Kid," for instance, was a picture-the lease of which expired in twelve months, when it would have to be sent bac* to America.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18418, 26 June 1925, Page 7
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157A SIX MONTHS' TOUR. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18418, 26 June 1925, Page 7
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