PEAK PRODUCTION

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20995, 23 December 1939, Page 4

PEAK PRODUCTION

MOVIE PEOPLE ACTIVE With nine pictures in current pro ■ auction, Paramount’s pavilions oi entertainment are all a hive oi activity. The studio is so taxed for sets with this very busy schedule, that cameras are now appearing in sections of the outdoor area of the studio, precisely, on the lawns of the studio park.

At times such as this, the studio restaurant presents a collection of fantastic contrasts in dress anti character, in fact, such a variety is the answer to the prayer of most Hollywood visitors whose enjoyment is measured in terms of the number of stars they saw at the dining table. During the last lew weeks the spectacle has included Red Indians with blankets wrapped modestly over an aboriginal minimum of clothing, sipping soup with doctors in surgical overalls, then a sprinkling of sophisticates of society plus a section of early 20th Century characters. No War Cuts in Production by Warners Warner Brothers will not curtail production spread release schedules of big pictures or otherwise cheapen 1939-40 product in the face of a potential loss of 25 per cent of normal revenue due to theatre closings in England and France. This assurance was given recently by Jack L. Warner at a press conference. On the contrary, he said, the company will release in the next four months ten quality pictures, and plans more, rather than fewer, features than were announced for the season. No salary or wage cuts will be Instituted and no curtailment of personnel will take place, Warner added, although a general tightening of operations to eliminate unnecessary expense, such as previously contemplated expansion of the studio laboratory facilities, is expected. Warner made it plain that such economies as may be invoked will not be of a kind to diminish the quality or quantity of product, adding that adherence to high entertainment standards is essential in this or any crisis.