NURSE CAVELL FILM
f STATEMENT BY MR. T. P. O’CONNOR London, February 22. The producer, Mr. Wilcox, has decided to show the Cavell film “Dawn” at the Albert Hall to a representative audience, including members of Parliament. Mr. T. B. O’Connor, interviewed, said: “The Board of Censors is bound to consider the opinions of the statesmen of Europe, and thereby we are directly trying to bring about the pacification of Europe. It is the theme, not the treatment, of ‘Dawn’ that the board regarded as objectionable. We believe that the Home Office is as opposed to it as the Foreign Office, and ourselves. We feel that the board was bound to take the action it did. The decision is final and binding, and will almost universally be accepted by licensing authorities.” The “Evening Standard” says that the settled policy of Germany, by direct or indirect diplomatic pressure, is to secure the suppression of films offensive to national susceptibilities. In addition to "Dawn,” the producers have withdrawn “Mare Nostrum,” an indictment of U-boat warfare. It is expected that the “Four Horsemen” will also be suppressed.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 125, 24 February 1928, Page 9
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184NURSE CAVELL FILM Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 125, 24 February 1928, Page 9
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