BRITISH FILMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1930, Page 5

BRITISH FILMS

MR SCULLIN’S ADVICE.

[United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright],

(Received this day at 1.5 p.rn.) LONDON, November 5

Air Scullin, in a .statement in ‘‘The Bioscope,” before attending the British films exhibition pointed om* that Australia admitted British films free, while foreign films were subject to a duty of threepence per foot. Last year thirty-eight million keet were imported and of this total ninety-five per cent, was from United States. Unfortunately. the censors reported that British films were gradually lower in technical excellence and enterta'nment value, and were just as much in need of the pruning knife as any others. British producers, accoiding to Australian film experts, were unable to avoid the tendency to copy the less desirable features of foreign films. “Too many British films dealt with night life in London. We miss the beautiful scenery and homely traits of real England. The censors state that with one or two outstattdng exceptions, the best talkies, as examples of British life, have been made in United States. Let British producers do their part and Australians will do theirs.”