BRITISH "HOLLYWOOD"

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 9

BRITISH "HOLLYWOOD"

DOMINION COMPANIES TOO

, (United Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, 15th March. An announcement is made of the formation of an Empire-wide all-British film organisation, involving a million sterling, and' employing the foremost British authors, producers, and .actors. This foreshadows the springing up of a British Hollywood in the vicinity of London, in which the first studios will be available at the end of 1927. Affiliated companies are being formed in Australia, South Africa, Canada, and India. The parent organisation will be the British Incorporated Pictures, Limited. The initial capital will be half a million sterling. The organisation will produce and. distribute high-grade films, the affiliating companies undertaking the distribution in the Dominion, and also producing individually. Half the capital of the British company has already been assured. The remainder will not be offered for subscription before the production of the first film, when British exhibitors will bo afforded an opportunity to participate. Tho object is protection against powerful outside combines.