AMERICA CLOSES 22 MOVIE SHOWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18451, 30 April 1928, Page 4

AMERICA CLOSES 22 MOVIE SHOWS.

8000 WORKLESS IS REPLY TO GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED.

(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegra ph.—Copyrigh t.) (Received April 30, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 29. The Paris correspondent of the “ Daily News ” says that the closing of twenty-two American film houses in France, causing 8000 French unemployed, is the American film industry’s, reply to M. Herriot’s restrictions c-n foreign films. The newspapers indignantly condemn the effort to force France's hand. Mr W. B. Hays, film director, has gone to America disappointed with his failure to persuade M. Herriot to modify his decree. The “Daily News” declares that (he French restrictions provide that one: French film must be sold in America for every four Americans sold in France. It expresses the opinion that the film industry and cinema patrons throughout the world will watch the Franco-American battle royal, which now apparently is inevitable. It is understood that Mr Hays has abandoned his original proposal to discover why Britain and Germany, besides France, are seeking to curb ihe dominance of American films.—Australian Press Association.