TONE OF THE FILMS
In reply to "Job" regarding the influence exercised by the Legion of Decency on the type of films produced, "Observer" submits that "Job" has first to prove that an improved moral tone necessarily connotes "an unprecedented degree of fatuity." "There is no inevitable connection (writes 'Observer'). On the contrary, nothing could be more fatuous than the former tendency of the American films. His complaint concerning freedom is ridiculous. He demands that a few film-producers be permitted to produce what they wish without regard to the effect on a nation, while a body of approximately ten million sincere citizens should be refused the right to free and safeguard their nation."
William J;imcs Fenton, Robert William Parker, and William John Da'vies were each fined 20 and costs in the Magistrate's Court today for being on licensed premises after hours. Lee Green was fined 10s and costs for being in possession of an unregistered firearm.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 125, 22 November 1935, Page 12
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156TONE OF THE FILMS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 125, 22 November 1935, Page 12
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