FILM MAGNATE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 173, 25 July 1939, Page 8

FILM MAGNATE.

MAYORAL WELCOME. | I TOWN HALL CEREMONY, j i RECEPTION TO VISITORS. ! i Quietlv st'Oken.. unostentatious, genial j and readily approachable is the wor.d j n-ur* i" tiie moving picture industry. | M>\ A.bli-h Zukor. who arrived on u ■ riving visit to New Zealand ill taej Niagara yesterday afternoon. Mr. Zukor. who is accompanied by Mr-. : Zukor. is going on by the vessel to Australia, where thev propose to spend ; about a month. His tour of Australia .:••! his visit to New Zealand arc tie final stages of a survey of world nvidi:io:> as they affect the film industry. I Informality and cordiality were fea-; tures or a Mavoral reception -iven thi- ; morning at the Town Hall to Mr. Adolph ; Zukor. He wa- aecomi'anied by M.'-.' Zukor. Mr. John W. Hick- and Mr.-, j Hick-. \ The Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, in -iv- j ins; a very cordial welcome, sairl that, ill-. Zukor"- 1 name and fame had pre-j i-eded him. He «a<- a very human man.' tin- pione-.r of a great indu-try and. head of a great firm. He wa- to be con-: gratulated on the product ion of the i company's films, which were of the highest standard. , The deputy-Mayor, Mr. J. A. C. Allum, ; also spoke. Mr. Zukor said that he had been grcatlv impressed with the warmth ot the welcome to Auckland. He added that the English-speaking people were now getting together, so if necessity aro-e they would be as one. The sentiment in the United State- was. the same. (Applause.! On visiting Ireland and Oreat Britain he had found that the rank and file of the people had the same feeling, and there wa- proof in the recent -visit of Britain's King and Queen to America that the bon i was being drawn closer every day. Mr. Hick« pointed out that Britain and the United States had the same ideas una customs, and they were really one race, nation and people. Xew Zealand had beautiful scenery, a hospitable people and everything to live for. After the reception the visitor- were the of the Mayor at morning