Film Bulletin (24/Nov/1947) - WB in 2-Pic Worldwide Pact
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- article: WB in 2-Pic Worldwide Pact
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- journal: Film Bulletin (24/Nov/1947)
- issue: volume 15, issue 24, page 27
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- publisher: Film Bulletin Company
- keywords: Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, James Stewart, Rope (1948), Sidney Bernstein, Transatlantic Pictures, Under Capricorn (1949), Warner Bros.
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WB IN 2-PIC WORLDWIDE PACT
Completion of an international agreement between Warner Bros., Alfred Hitchcock and British Transatlantic Pictures for world-wide distribution by Warners of two Hitchcock-directed pictures, starring Ingrid Bergman and James Stewart, was announced last week by Jack L. Warner, vice-president and executive producer.
The agreement, made by Warner with Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein of Transatlantic, provides for making in the U. S. and England of "Under Capricorn," starring Miss Bergman, and "Rope," the Stewart starrer. Both will be given the Hitchcock treatment, the former at WB's English studios, the latter on the Burbank lot. Both will be in Technicolor.
In making the announcement of the important addition to Warner's 1948 product line-up, Warner expressed his great satisfaction with the deal, which he said was the first of its kind to be made by any American motion picture company. He added that WB's world-wide distribution organization would provide the circulation "such pictures deserve" and that it was also "our method of proving that we will do everything we can to fortify the prestige of the English-speaking screen," with the interchange of talent and facilities accruing to the benefit of both countries' film industries.
