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Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 17

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MOVIES TO SELL HOUSES FILMS OF BUILDINGS. LONDON, July 11. An up-to-date firm of house agents are now prepared with films of all the more desirable houses on their lists to rent or for sale, with pictures taken from all angles, and all the prospective customer has to do is to visit their office, go to their private talkie theatre, listen to the silver-tongued salesman and decide—perhaps! As the head ,of the firm says “ We are having a small talkie theatre fitted up on the premises,” he jaid, “in which we shall show both interior and exterior shots of all the properties on our hands. The films will embody a runriirig commentary on all tlje features of interest, so that a client .will be able to ‘ inspect ’ an estate which may he 300 miles away without stirring from our offices.” House-hunting, in fact, from being a particularly exhausting form of nightmare, may develop into a definitely pleasurable hobby. And agents will obviously be pleased to supply cineillatic evidence of all the advantages claimed. “You. say it is only two minutes from sta—7—? ” “ Exactly, sir. I will now show you a film, which you are at liberty to time, of our representative leaving the property in full City trim and proceeding to the sta. (frequent el. trams) at a normal gait.” Huh I L can think of a few things the movie might not tell you, however, including what your next door neighbour was like!