BANNING OF WAR FILMS.
The ban laid by the film censor on T>oth "All Quiet oil the Western Front" and "Joiu - .*, ney's End,"' and their subsequent release by the Appeal Board must have done ■much towards shaking the publie confidence in the reliability of an official whose ostensible task is the safeguarding of morals in a democratic community. When films like "Her Unborn Child" and "Anna Christie" are passed practically without comment, and an attempt is made to suppress productions whose manifest ideal lies in the promotion of universal psacc, it would seem that the time is ripe for & full inquiry into the exact policy followed by such an inconsistent censorship. '"Journeys End" and "All Quiet" have already received public acclamation in their literary forms, and the banning of these two films has litile, it anything, to recommend it. Before long, indeed, the public might well consider b'lnmng the censor. P.L.S.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 186, 8 August 1930, Page 6
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151BANNING OF WAR FILMS. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 186, 8 August 1930, Page 6
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