PICTURE BANNED
THE BIRTH OF A NATION. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, August 20. The showing of Griffith’s film, “The Birth of a Nation,” is forbidden in France, on the ground that it might cause public disorder. The embargo is the result of the colour question. The French rights in the picture cost £20,000.
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Southland Times, Issue 19025, 22 August 1923, Page 5
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59PICTURE BANNED Southland Times, Issue 19025, 22 August 1923, Page 5
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