MR. T. VALOIS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 538, 15 December 1928, Page 10 (Supplement)

MR. T. VALOIS

CINEMA ART FILMS Mr. T. Valois, who controls the destiny of Cinema Art Films in New Zealand, has had a unique experience in the moving-picture world, with which he has been connected since the early days of the screen industry. For many years he was one of Charles Urban’s chief men and was connected with the kinema-colour processes as far back as 1908 Mr. Valois was sent by Mr. Urban to practically every foreign country in the world, not only to instal theatres with kinemacolour outfits, teach the local men the mysteries of this wonderful and only marketable process, but he was also responsible for many excellent photographic achievements. His several expeditions and adventures in the numerous South American Republics, Asia Minor, the East and Central Europe (shortly to be published in book form) cannot be detailed in a short article, for his adventures in South America alone would fill a column. Mr. Valois has travelled over every State of Australia and throughout New Zealand, and besides, is one of the few film men who can really be termed a linguist, for he speaks fluently three languages besides English. It is Mr. Valois’s firm belief that 1929 will be a year of increasing interest

in British films, in both Australia and England. His firm, Cinema Art Films, w\hich is now considered to be the largest independent distributing organisation in Australia and New Zealand, will be releasing early in the New Year three examples of what British capital, British brains and British tenacity can do, and not only Aucklanders, but New Zealanders as a whole will have an opportunity of endorsing the eulogistic remarks passed by exhibitors of other British Dominions when they see such films as “Tommy Atkins,” “Poppies of Flanders” and “Moulin Rouge.”