FILM CENSORSHIP
ENGLAND’S POOR SYSTEM “TRUMPERY LOCAL AUTHORITIES” By Cable.—Press Association.— Copyright. LONDON. Thursday. An interesting debate on the censorship of films took place in the House of Lords, Lord Newton pointing out that any trumpery local authority In the country had power to allow the exhibition of a film, whatever Cabinet’s opinion, yet, if a censorship were necessary for plays, it was infinitely more necessary for films. A film which might have an injurious effect on relations with foreign Powers should be considered by the Lord Chamberlain, whose decision should be final. Lord Crawford urged that it was not fair that a Minister, who perhaps had not seen a film, being able to bar an enterprise costing the promoters £ 30,000. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 306, 17 March 1928, Page 13
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124FILM CENSORSHIP Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 306, 17 March 1928, Page 13
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