AMERICAN FILMS. MELBOURNE, May -L .... Before the Federal Parliamentary Commission that is inquiring into the film industry, witnesses strongly proi Tested against the Americanisation of the industry. One witness declared that the Australians were “fed up” I with the American pictures and sentiment. and that they were ready for a change. The same witness declared that educational pictures did not “pay,” as compared with “ordinary” pictures. The receipts, when educational films were shown, dropped from 30s to £2 10s. Senator Guthrie gave evidence, stating that Bd. per cent, of the pictures shown throughout the world to-day are American productions. The film industry was under American dominance. This was shown l>v the fact that the American war pictures were ex-, hibited while British pictures were kept hack. Ho declared that an American company had paid a record juice to secure a British war picture, which was kept off the screen while an American picture was shown.
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PUPPY LOVE-AFFAIRS. NEW YORK, March ‘‘Puppy love-affairs and money troubles” are described by the AntiSuicide Club cf New York University as the prime causes of the epidemic of suicides which is afflicting the student bodies of the United States. The Anti-Suicide Club has just been formed. Its members after a spectacular debate, issued a solemn invitation to the chief -universities of America toform similiar clubs “for the purpose of combating tne present-day tendency toward self-destruction among students.” The debate resulted in a unanimous expression of opinion “that over-educa-tion resulting in mental disorder is not a cause of student suicide.” The prime cause, the club declared, must be .sought rather in extravagance and immoderation in the material things of fife,
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 May 1927, Page 2
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