BRITISH FILMS IN AMERICA
«» (Special ('orrespondent. )
LONDOX, July 16. A! r. ,Ickso])1i P>reen, (lirectoT of Hollywood 's prodiu'l ion code administi'ation. who c-eiiKoi's all scripls of all lilms shown in the lTniteil _>St:Ues, is at present in Britain at Ure invil'.U ion of the British motion picture ])roducers. Mr.' Breen faced a harrage oi (jiieslions from newspapermen when he gave his lirst British Press conference. He stoutly denieil that an uiulue number of British lilins had been stopped by his oftice. When pressed to give the. exact number, he said he did not know. It was, however, 'very few. " He denied that the British pictures "In Which We Serve," "Rake's Progress" and "Ilenry the Fifth" were banned in America — they were meroly modi/ied. He said he didn't take the ''damus" out of Shakespcare. The word was permissible if used in thc heat of the moment. Asked vvliy he had passed ' ' Forever Amber,'J Mr. Breen said it was his dutv to consider the scripts as they -were sulmiitted and not pass judgment on books. AI i'. Breen said that Anieri-j cans were not aoeing enough Britioh films. "Bend the scripts to us before uiaking the picture and save money and headaeh.es/ ' was his fmal injunetion.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 July 1946, Page 2
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