ALL-BRITISH TALKIE THEATRE
An Auckland theatre proprietary, with Dominion-wide ramifications, has announced that it will shortly open, in the northern city, the “first all-British talkie theatre in the Empire.” This decision is to be welcomed from several points of view and the proprietary is to he congratulated upon making such an experiment. The opening of such a theatre should prove conclusively two things—the first, whether England “has the goods,” and the second, whether the public has a national conscience and preference in connection with such a matter as talkie entertainment. Though many people have sighed for “more British talkies,” it has been the experience of some exhibitors that the public generally do not care where the pictures come from so long as they
I meet patrons' ideas of what constitutes I a good entertainment. One New Zea- • land proprietary has given the British ' talkie industry its opportunity; it now 1 remains for the English interests to ) prove that they can maintain a supply of picture of a high standard, not only of art, but of box-office merit.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 May 1930, Page 6
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177ALL-BRITISH TALKIE THEATRE Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 May 1930, Page 6
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