BRITISH FILMS
NEW PARLIAMENT BILL. PICTURE PROMOTER'S PROTEST. SUPPLY NOT ADEQUATE TO DEMAND. ’ London. Nov. 15. A petition was presented to Parliament signed by 850 proprietors and managers of movie theatres throughout Great Britain, protesting against the passage of the bill now before Parliament, for limiting the quota of British films which must be shown before foreign films can be bought or presented. The proprietors protest that there are not enough British films to sup ply the demand thus created, and the bill deprives them of the fundamental liberty of showing the patrons what they want to see. The bill is aimed chiefly at American films, which are swamping the British market. The Government has made a concession on the Film Bill which is under discussion in the report stage iu the House of Commons. Sir Phillip Cunliffe Lister, president of the Board of Trade, in behalf ot the Govern nient. announced in the House thal for the purpose of facilitating progress, he would agree that the whole measure should be made temporary, operating only for a decade. Under these circumstances, he hoped the bill would pass ths third reading.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 10 December 1927, Page 15
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190BRITISH FILMS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 10 December 1927, Page 15
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