FILM CENSORSHIP

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19100, 22 August 1936, Page 4

FILM CENSORSHIP

DECREASE IN REJECTIONS REVIEW,OF YEAR'S WORK The examination of '2Q6O films of all classes was carried out by the film censors during the year ended March 31, 1935, according to the annual report of the Department of Internal Affairs, which was tabled in the House of Representatives. Eleven films were rejected in the first instance, 91 were passed subject to excisiqjis, 155 were passed with the recommendation that they were more suitable for adult audiences, and 10 were passed with the caution that they were not suitable for exhibition to children. No appeals were lodged against the censors' decisions. The countries of origin of the quota films were a?, follows':-—Great Britain, 104: Australia. 1: New Zealand, 2: United States of America, 373; Germany, 1; Spain, 1; and Italy, 1. Compared with the previous year there was a decrease of 17 in the number of rejections. There were similar decreases in other classes requiring amendment. The report stated that this appeared to indicate that producers generally were exercising greater care in the choice of subjects and in the manner of presentation of films, this probably being due to their interpretation of public opinion as expressed through censorship and the press.