THE FILM INDUSTRY
AMERICAN “STRANGLEHOLD.’' CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA. LONDON, December 20. Tit the course of his report cu Australian conditions, Mr S. W. B. MacGregor, the British Trade Commissioner, says that American film interests have a stranglehold on the cinematograph theatres in the commonwealth, and British and Australian films can be shown only if it suits American interests, though the public would welcome them. The duration of the American monopoly depends on the public’s naticnce and the enterprise of British film interests in removing or destroying it. Australian filming ia almost at a standstill, though Australian episodes and scenery are meet suitable for artistic and interesting treatment.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18754, 6 January 1923, Page 9
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