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  • General Pictures Corporation

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     2== General Pictures Corporation == 
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     4First professional film studio in Madras; Est: 
     51929 at Tondiarpet by film-maker A. 
     6Narayanan after visiting Universal City in 
     7Hollywood. It was linked to a distributionexhibition 
     8network extending into Burma and 
     9Singapore. Prominent film-makers included 
     10R.S. Prakash, C. Pullaiah (as cameraman) 
     11and Y.V. Rao (initially as actor). General Pics 
     12consolidated the pioneering work of R. 
     13Venkaiah and Prakash with Star of the East 
     14Film and made 18 features and a number of 
     15shorts commissioned by e.g. the Health 
     16Department and by Imperial Chemical 
     17Industries (Burma Oil Company Fire, The 
     18Spirit of Agriculture, etc.). It closed in 1933, 
     19being replaced by the Srinivasa Cinetone sound 
     20studio in 1934. 
     21 
     22[[Studio]]