FAST-LIFE FILMS.
That the efl'cr:-; of missionaries are tuiiiipcr.-.l by the Amerl.-an .-liieiiia rtlnis offered for the iniuiieinent of the heathen in their flel.ls of nctlvily is asserted by tbr Women's 'Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Cliiireh, New York. Orientals, says the report, assume from these films thai ni"st American men are j habitual gambliTS and drunkards, carry 1 two automates and a linwie knife, and do kfuurder as a pastime; that American women I are for the most part "!" the dunce-hat! type, and "'sell themselves f"r a f-olu or a smile." "In Jerusalem." the report continues. '-within JflO yanls of the grave lv the ■,'ardeu where -Christ lay after Ills crucifixion, there is a cinema showing revolting pictures of American lire. "These people in foreign lands bave no means of knowing thai such presentations ire n gross libel on the majority of our lopulatlon."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1922, Page 19
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147FAST-LIFE FILMS. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1922, Page 19
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