FOREIGN FILMS
THE FRENCH RESTRICTIONS
(“Times” Cables.) (Rec. May 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 4. The “Times” Paris correspondent states that Mr. Hays, the film dictator, discussed the situation with the kinema committee, after which M. Herriot made a statement that no changes would be made in the decree stipulating the proportion of French films that must be exhibited, which was inviolable, but the methods of application would be changed by a system of licenses issued by French importers, instead of a quota. It is unofficially stated that licenses will be issued in the proportion of seven American films to one French, instead of' four to one. An American buying a French film need not exhibit it. He may also buy the licenses from a French exhibitor who has bought an American film. The kinema committee is of opinion that it lias thus prevented the threatened withdrawal of American productions while protecting the French industry.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 184, 7 May 1928, Page 9
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155FOREIGN FILMS Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 184, 7 May 1928, Page 9
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