SCREEN BREVITIES
Here are some of the prices paid for film rights of stage productions :-—"Balalaika," the spectacular musical play which is such a hit in London and Melbonrne, has been sold for £22,500. The American comedy smash-hit, "Yes, My Darling Daughter," a comparative, failure in London, was sold for £20,000. The biggest sum ever to have been paid (according to rumour) was £600,000 for the American success, "Abie's Irish Rose" — and the film of the play was a Hop.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 61, 4 December 1937, Page 10
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80SCREEN BREVITIES Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 61, 4 December 1937, Page 10
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