COMING OF “TALKIES.”
AMERICAN PRESSURE IN ENGLAND. (United Press Association—By Eleetrle Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received February 27, 5.6 p.m.) LONDON, February 26. The “Daily Express” states that 4000 British cinemas are being held ransom by an American Company, which demands that they instal reproducing apparatus for “talkies,” costing about £3OOO apiece. The Company only permits apparatus to be used for the “Talkies,” produced by seven American film producing firms. Thus the effect of the scheme would be to defeat the Quota Act, and gives the British industry a claim for government intervention.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18201, 28 February 1929, Page 9
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90COMING OF “TALKIES.” Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18201, 28 February 1929, Page 9
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