CINEMATOGRAPH LUXURY.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1922, Page 11

CINEMATOGRAPH LUXURY.

NECESSITY, NOT LUXURY. AUSTRALIA QUOTED. London Feb. 22. The Cinema Supplement refers to the inclusion of picture shows in the eost-of-living lists of the Australian arbitration courts as evidence that the worker and his w’ife look on the cinematograph not as a luxury but as an amenity of their daily life, to which they are entitled. Such an incident points to the place the picture show takes in Australian life in all classes. Cinematograph development in Australia has been made specially notable by reason of the national love of pleasure and the adaptability of this form of entertainment to the needs of wayback townships. The article comments on the predominance of American films, and also oa the strict censorship, the cuts of which sometimes result in distinctly puzzling scenarios. The journal compliments the efforts made in the direction of Australian production, of which ‘The Sentimental Bloke” is the most notable, and adds: “If Australia is capable of turning out such work, in future it must take a place in the cinema world as a country of great pictures as well as of great audiences.”