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Taihape Daily Times, 19 September 1919, Page 8

PICTURE FILMS CRITICISED. -——. ' 3'l ‘- ‘ “RUBBISH FROM AMERICA.’ * GO\'ERL\'_\lE.\"l’ CONTJROL URGED_ That the importation of films of moving pictures and their distributiou to managers be nationalised and controlled by the Government, was :1. remit laid fcfore the conference of the Municipal Associirtiou in Wellington last week by the Hastings Borough Council. “We are living under the fhl‘oflvfv of a combine,” said the Mayor of Hastings, Ml-,9. Ebblett. “in Hastings we are finding difiiculty in getting films owing to the combine. Mr H. S, \V. King ‘(Mayor of Devonport) seconded the remit. He considered it would be to the benefit of the Dominion if the picture films could be better controllecl than they were at present. H; . “The type of picture that is being chown inthtis country is not what; it ought to be.” remnrlced Miss E. ’.\lelville (Auckland City Council). “Althougli there is :1 censor who is enpposell to censor the pictures, it is not done to the satisfaction of the emnmunity. and if the Government hml the \\'l:~C~.l-e control there ivoul-d not be the same inducement to put the nintn-r~~ “~ “'4 the apparentlv liuphazard manner that ob't~ains at lpresent. ‘ “To D1Y:m1"l1d the :=‘ inerease lin juvenile crime is nttribuhrble to

the type of picture that is put on.' ”\fi’ences s""“ 9 “wry and the cc"-i rving‘ Oi’ {il'eal'ms by children We due. there is no doubt. to the sensational American pictures shown. » The absolute rubbish brought in from America under the heading of ‘drama’ is not drama but sensational rlice"l'ocll‘ani:a~ of‘ the commonest description. If the Government con get. away from that is will be worth while. A great manyi women’g societies have discussed this thing very seriously. They are the people who know. The filnis ar‘ iunder trust control, Who'-- can bring 4 them in as they like. If we are going ‘to bring up our children to -have a taste for sloppy American drama. of a. pernicious type, it is going to be a very serious thing. i t Mr C_ E. Mackay (Mayor of Wm‘ nganui) ‘did not altogether agree witht‘ ’the cry that the pictures were doingi all the harm to the young people. He‘ doubted wliether the effect was so serious as it was stated to be. Anyone who visited «a picture show could ‘observe how the children cheered when the “villain was“run to- earth.” That. seemed to indicate that the moral tendencies _of the young people were not being disturbed in a haimbul iiashion. -But the real trouble was that a. film trust was in operation, and he thought steps shoul‘d be taken to deal with its activities. Mr A. J. Mc~Curdy( Upper Hutt "Ilown Board) said that he had always received fair treatment from the film combine. As far as tlieatre charges .were Concerned the people had the remedy in their own hands by “going on strike. Until :the Government Went in: for nationalisation of coal mines, or some of the larger industries, he did not. think they should enter into control of the. picture films. ‘He opposed the remit.--.\lr J. P. 1.11150 (Mayor of \Velflington) said he was not much in love with the word "‘nat.ionalisatiou.” He thought that greater good could be done by a. more effective censorliug of the films. ; The re-mit was carried.

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