THE FILM INDUSTRY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21596, 14 September 1933, Page 11

THE FILM INDUSTRY

PLACE OF TELEVISION ' 1 * . v PRESENT USE INOPPORTUNE That the film industry is unable at present to face the expense of. revolutionary innovations was the opinion expressed by Mr. E. D. Leishman, American representative of R.K.O. Radio Pictures, on his arrival by the Wanganella from Sydney yesterday. "Television is ready for the public, but the time is not opportune," he said. "Business conditions have been so chaotic that the controlled of television realise that to throw such a revolutionary invention on the market at present would have a bad effect on the film industry generally." During the past year the research work in progress in. connection with television in America had been kept very secret, said Mr. Leishman, and a considerable degree of perfection was

said to have been reached. A new colour process had been invented and there was every prospect of its widespread use in the immediate future. Tne reason why colour had not been universally adopted, however, was largely the as the production of colour films required elaborate dressing and mounting, including the use of expensive costumes in tones suitable for film reproduction. For a similar reason the use of the wide screen had been abandoned. Mr. Leishman said the most useful innovation in the film world was "high fidelitv" sound, which was being installed in the United States and Australia. It could be adapted to the ordinary projector, yet it immensely improved the sound, so that the slightest whisper could be heard clearly.