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ID191
TitleList of Sound Motion Picture Theaters in China
Year Start1937
DateTuesday 27 February 2018
Description

List of 251 sound theaters or locations operating sound motion pictures prior to August 1937, on full time, part time or seasonal schedules. Information have been compiled from records of the Film Board of Trade (China), distributors routing and release date sheets, and film advertisements appearing in the press of 47 different cities and towns. The list includes the name of town and province, the foreign and Chinese names of theater, its approximate seating capacity, its projection and sound equipment. 

Drawn from a Commercial Attache's Special Report entitled "Sound Motion Picture Theaters in China, including Hong Kong and Macao, as of August 1937" (Voluntary). Shanghai, China. April 11, 1938. - 8p. Source: NARA, General records of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce (RG151), Records Relating to Commercial Attaches' Reports, China (Peiping), 1938, Box 126, folder "Foreign Service - Copies of Reports - Peiping - 1937 - March-April", p.65-72 -> See Archives/ID580

Keywordslist ; firm ; Shanghai ; special report ; commercial attache ; motion picture ; theater ; seating ; sound ; time
URLhttp://madspace.org/Archives/?ID=580
LanguageEnglish
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