‘The Secret Land’ film poster

Title
‘The Secret Land’ film poster
Year/Period
1948
Region
Singapore, Malaysia and United States
Material
Dimension
Object size: 28 x 17.8 cm
Accession No.
2007-50794

‘The Secret Land’ is a 1948 American documentary film. It was narrated by Robert Montgomery, Robert Taylor and Van Heflin.American films streamed into Singapore and Malaysia in the 1920s and the number grew tremendously over the years. By the late 1930s, Hollywood films constituted 70 percent of the films shown here. The others were Chinese, Indian, Malay, British and European films. During this period, most European and English-language films were screened in more upmarket theatres such as Cathay, Capitol, Alhambra and Rex.