TALKIES ATTACKED
AUSTRALIAN CENSORSHIP CANBERRA, April 15. The annual report of the Commonwealth Film Censorship' Board reveals that British films require twice as much cutting as American. The report attacks talkies and says Hie loss of the desirable characteristics of the silent picture outweighs any advantage that sound may have brought. During 1929, films imported into Australia. numbered 2932, of which 2322 came from America, 343 from the United Kingdom; and 267 from other countries.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17236, 16 April 1930, Page 8
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