HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) BRITISH FILMS BILL. LONDON, Nov. IS. On the report stage of the Cinematograph Bill, Sir P. Cunliffe Lister accepted ail amendment to omit the provision that producers of British films must be Britishers, accepting the view that the industry ought to draw from the best talent available for technical directors. Sir H. Foster forecasted that this would iead only to Britain and the Dominions being flooded with films made in England by foreigners, but bullmarked British. On the motion for the third reading Sir W. Alexander moved the rejection of the Bill as being a protective measure of the worst kind. He wondered whether there would he a bill forcing British distributors to sell quotas of Australian dried and fruits. The Cinematograph Exhibitors’ Association had already decided on a plan to defeat the clauses dealing with blind and black booking. The Bill was read a third time by 223 to 125.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1927, Page 3
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