BIG FILM YEAR
DEVELOPMENTS FOR 1929 As year has followed year, the motion picture industry in New Zealand has grown to a national importance Fine pictures have built up a publi* interest which has resulted in the construction of beautiful theatres throughout the Dominion. Paramount’s sixth greater movie season will draw public attention to the remarkable developments of 192'j. for the sound pictures have not ushered in a new era, but have given a ne* impetus to silent picture production. The progress of the work#- leader* in the various industries has always been bound up with the industries themselves, and such is the case oi Paramount. A recent biography ©* Adolph Zukor, president of Paramount entitled “The House that Shad o * Built,” brings that point vividly i° mind. , According to the author. Will Irwin, the whole future of the motion P ictl J£ industry depends in no small nieaajir* on the safety of 17 Paramont which had been placed in a safe, while the building around From that date Paramount grown into the largest producing pany in the industry, and backed huge resources, will turn out a gr©* programme of talking and sound P r ductions for 1929.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 14
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197BIG FILM YEAR Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 14
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