BRITISH FILMS.
LORD BURNHAM’S APPEAL
By Cable —PrcßS Association—Copyright, Außtrnllaa and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, May 15.
In the House of Lords, Lord Burnham suggested that public attention throughout tho Empire Ehouid be drawn to tlm scandal of the exclusion of British films from tlio majority of cinemas of the.' Empire. Lord Peel, replying, said 25 petcent, of the films exhibited in Britain in- 1914 were British, whereas in 3 923 only 30 per cent, were British. They dwindled to 3 per cent, in 1925 About 20 firms were engaged in the film industry in Britain in 1923. This was reduced to 5 at.present. Producers had to met tremendous competition from the United States, and it was difficult to sec how anything short of the prohibition of American films could give an opportunity to tho British film industry, hut he felt that the public were not inclined at present to r,Support atror-g action against American competition. -
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 18 May 1925, Page 9
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156BRITISH FILMS. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 18 May 1925, Page 9
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