FILM “ALL QUIET” BANNED IN N.Z.
APPEAL MADE AGAINST DECISION OF CENSOR. The film, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which is based on the famous war book by Remarque, has been banned by the New Zealand Film Censor (Mr W. A. Tanner) as being unsuitable for showing in the Dominion. This film has been passed by. the Australian Film Censor, but it is not known whether it has yet been publicly screened in the Commonwealth. An appeal against the censor’s decision is being made to the Film Censorship Appeal Board by the film distributors who have brought “All Quiet on the Western Front” to the Dominion. The book, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” is on sale throughout New Zealand, but many libraries have refused to place it on their shelves.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19108, 28 June 1930, Page 11
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