CINEMA BUSINESS
WHAT BRITAIN PAYS U.S.A. [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, Sept. 11. Figures relating to the cinematograph business in Britain, given at the British Association meeting at Aberdeen today, revealed that the public paid £40,200,000 for admission to British cinemas last year, the entertainment tax revenue amounting to £6,700,000. Of 476 impored films, registered for distribution in Britain during the year, remittance to the United States in respect to 330 of them, representing 90 to 95 per cent, of the value of total imports, amounted to £5,300.000.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 218, 14 September 1934, Page 7
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87CINEMA BUSINESS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 218, 14 September 1934, Page 7
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