Show ENGLISH LIKE AMERICAN FILM British Theatre Men Say Pa Patrons Insist OnU On OnU OnU U S Product 1 LO LONDON DO March G-By G 6 By The 1 Associated The Pre PresS Prel The The Holly Holly- Hollywood wood Yoke Is 1 the Is-the the way the Urn producer describe the AmerI Amer- Amer Amerlean I I I lean Iran an In Great a against which British Interests are battling One billion persons persona are are re attending he film turn houses In the he Islands elands every year and 85 65 per cent of the they t ey see tee are made In Amelica Amelca In n the British colonies pictures have even a astron stron stronger er hold Therein the British producers see seea seea seea a threat to British culture even en to British civilization It if one may be- be believe be believe lieve here all the fuss funs which the trade I it Malay Malaya's s 's rubber rubber yoke yoke ke under which the people of ot the United producing States are sweating Is not producIng producing ing halt half the outcry that Is emitted liy by press preM agents of ot the British film tuan Ind Industry Hollywood manners Hollywood slang Hollywood every morals morals everything thing from Hollywood except the American are accent accent are being grafted on the British nation these agents agent wall But But But far tar more temperate voices are heard beard Lord who le Is head of o the organization more more film turn theatres than any other In England Is le official spokesman for tor the majority of ot theatre owners oWl who went on record In opposition to o the plan to force Coree made British films upon the public by means of means of legislation He says Bays the pUblic cannot be forced to pay to see fame which It does not like However he Is much opposed to the thO block system of ot booking which tieD flea theatres up to take a number of pictures picture In or order er to get features which It must hav have Colonel Vernon Willey Iley president of the Federation of oC o British In- In Industries Industries In Industries believes British films will never have a fair Calr chance chanco In British houses until this system Is broken up and a special quota of British Is required to be on every picture program He has the backing or backing of British film not been able to compete in their home market with American product Colonel Willey says a majority of the British theatres are now flOW booked booke up up fully for Cor twelve to eighteen months through energetic Ameri- Ameri American American can agents and that British films film 11 have live no chance to break In unless there be legislation In their favor Cavor But many of ot the theatre owners reply that If British pictures are forced upon them they must race face bankruptcy as the public will not go to see them Film regulation threatens to be- be become be become come a problem In party politics polities In great Britain |