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British Films Are Pure
Robson, William A. | November 19, 1930 issue

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The article discusses the British film industry. The report for the year 1929 of the British Board of Film Censors is a very remarkable document. This body is itself deserving of note. It consists of representatives of the cinematograph trade and has no official status whatsoever. It has no legal powers of compulsion, but is, in practice, able to exercise an almost complete power of life and death over the vast mass of films which are produced to satisfy the ravenous demand of every class of the population. The president of the board is a veritable despot in the film world: the very absence of legal power and the unofficial character of his office serve to strengthen his position beyond measure.

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MOTION pictures -- Censorship; MOTION picture industry; MASS media; AUDIO-visual materials; PERFORMING arts; GREAT Britain
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