TRASHY FILMS.

Grey River Argus, 29 November 1927, Page 5

TRASHY FILMS.

THE PRODUCT OF COMMERCIALISM. WOMAN’S TRENCHANT CRITICISM. (.Australian and JN Z. Cable A=sa.) SYDNEY, November 28.

Giving evidence before Film Commission, Miss Beatrice Tildesley, a member of the Good Films League, and the National Council of Women, said that what impressed her in comparing the regular th atre and the films, where the two dealt with the same subject, was the almost invariably marked inferiority of the films This was due to the standard and methods of production at Hollywood, where th' controlling interests were in the hands of men who 'ooked upon them purely as commodities for sale, men without artistic ideals and natural taste, and many of them without an ordinary decent education.

She added: “Some of these nabobs of the screen have gone into the movie industry with exactly the same enthusiasm, and the same aim of high profits, as actuated them when th'y dwelt in cheap clothing. They are in fact wholesale clothiers, who have extended their energies from purveying “reach me down” suits to providing ''drag me down’ entertainment.” BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS REFUTED. SYDNEY, Noveber 28. Before the Films Commissioner, George Black, a Legislative Councillor and former Film Censor, took strong exception to the statement made by Professor Wallace, that the palms of censors had been greased.

He characterised the statement as a vile insinuation such as would be expected from vulgar gossip, hanging over a backyard fence. The statement had reflected seriously on the characters of two honest, upright men, and coming from a University Professor, it was surprising. Mr Black said he could declare positively that not only were censors not bribed, but they had never been approached.