ONLY ONE APPEAL AGAINST THE CENSOR
FILMS IN NEW ZEALAND Dealing with the censorship of cinematograph films, the annual report of the Department of Internal Affairs says that during the year ended March 31 last 2,751 films, of a total length of 5,415,370 ft, were censored. Of this number 32 were wholly rejected and 202 were passed subject to excisions. There was only one appeal against the decision of the censor, and the board of appeal upheld the censor’s decision. Commencing on August 1, 1926, a record has been kept of British-made films submitted for censoring. Between
that date and March 31, 1927, 356 British films, of a total length of 427,250 feet, were examined, out of 1,978 films of all makes, of a total length of 3,649,490 ft. The average length of British-made films examined was 1,200 ft, as against an average of 1,987 ft for all. other makes, showing that the majority of the British films were short in length. In fact, they were mostly “topicals” and “scenics.”
“Tea far Three,” the lloi Cooper Megrue comedy, lias been purchased by Metro-Goldkvyn-Mayer for the n€»w co-starring team of Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 116, 6 August 1927, Page 23
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