Production Boom.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 359, 13 February 1937, Page 2

Production Boom.

. The greatest production boom sincn the advent of sound has created nn acute studio shortage in Hollywood, with no particular solution in sight. Major lots are, of course, unavailable for lease and the rental studios are’ crowded by the more substantial Ihdependent op raters, leaving th small-budget boys v. J bout a place ■ hang a hat or set up a camera. Selznick International is so crowded a’ Pathe that negotiations are on either for th? leasing o' the ent’re studio 6 oftV- Fdrc s t'onal lot, alUvrrg’' Che lauie -ual. m.-.-. 0. It ;e. n tensive building programme. Emanuel Cohen and Harold Lloyd occupy most of the available space at G r r. eral Service, the largest rental let and such spots as Talisman. International, Television and the old Bryan Foy studios are full Warpers have received a number of offers for their idle SuDr.et Boulevard plant*, as lr<; Twentieth Century-Fox tor its Western avenue property, but both feel they should have auxiliary space and neither Is ready to 1- use until they see how their own activities work ' out- ' Ordinarily such a situation ■would inspire ar building- boom, but the double bill is responsible for the space shortage and it i predicted in most Quarters that This year will see thb. end of. fhc dual programme A permanent investment of several nr I Hons therefore appears unv ;s • The average independent •-.?«»«•: -.fiord build, as his money i. m < led for production.