BRITISH FILMS.
SCHEME TO POPULARISE THEM. GOVERNMENT WATCHING. LONDON, Jan. 29. Cabinet has not yet considered any Bill dealing with the condition of the British film industry. The political correspondent of The Times says that Lord Ashfield’s recent appeal, urging the industry to co-operate in a voluntary scheme for the abolition of block hooking and the exhibition of a quota of British films, is considered to have changed the situation, inasmuch as he speaks with the authority of an ex-President of the Board of Trade and the representative of the largest British cinema controlling concern. Efforts are being made to discover whether Lord Ashfield is supported by other sections of the industry. The Government is anxious to ascertain this before taking direct action, as_ it has no wish to interfere if effective results can be achieved by voluntary action.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 15 February 1926, Page 5
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