Big Tahiti Film-Shoot
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"Next Year"
BECAUSE of transportation difficulties and inability to complete the job before next rainy season, filming of “Typee” at Tahiti has been postponed and Mr. John Huston, film director returned to the United States in July. (PIM, July).
Meanwhile large quantities of “props” are being stock-piled for the b:: event. These include huge quantities of native housing materials, bomboo slats, etc. for the building of a village in the district of Mataiea. A large area of land
has been leased for the shooting next h May scheduled to commence a nH he o fill S win s P en d one and a half million dollars in Tahiti, according to Mr. Huston' Over 400 local people will be engaged. The French Oceania Customs authorities have agreed to allow all imported materials for the filming to come in on a “visitor’s permit” basis, so long as they are not disposed of locally.
Mr Igor A. Allan, resident in Tahiti for 16 years and now of Honolulu, has been representing the film company. United Artists, in negotiations with the French Oceania authorities.