BRITISH FILMS

Evening Star, Issue 20634, 6 November 1930, Page 14

BRITISH FILMS

AUSTRALIA’S EXPERIENCE STATEMENT BY MR SCDLLIH Press Association —Bj Telegraph—Copyright. i LONDON, November 6. (Received November 6, at 1.30 p.m.) Mr Scullin, in a statement in the ‘Bioscope,’ before attending the British Films Exhibition, pointed out that Australia admitted British films free, while foreign films were subject to a duty of 3d pei foot. Last year a total of 38,UOO,OtKJlr was imported, and of this amount 95 per cent was from the United States. Unfortunately, the censors reported that British films were generally lower in technical excellence and entertainment value, and wore just as much in need of the pruning knife as any cf the others. British producers, according to Australian film experts, were unable to avoid the tendency to copy the less desirable features of foreign films. “ Too many British films deal with night life of London. IVc miss the beautiful scenery and homely traits of the real England, The censors state that with one or two outstanding exceptions the best talkies as examples of British life have been made in the United States. Let the British producers do their part and the Australians will do theirs.”