The Cinematograph Films Act 1927 was passed in order to boost local production, requiring that cinemas show a certain percentage of British films.

The replacement Cinematograph Films Act 1938 provided incentives for UK companies to make fewer films of higher quality and, influenced by world politics, encouraged American investment and imports.

The Cinematograph Films Act 1927 introduced protective measures, leading to recovery and an all-time production high of 192 films in 1936 ( see 1936 in film ).

The Act was modified by the Cinematograph Films Act 1938 and further acts, and eventually repealed by the Films Act 1960.

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He was chairman of the Cinematograph Films Council and a Governor and later, Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, of the London School of Economics.

After only one production, Stranglehold ( 1931 ), the studio was acquired by Warner Brothers to turn out so-called " quota quickies "-British-made films which fulfilled a legal quota ( created by the Cinematograph Films Act 1927 ) before American-made films could be shown.

Further under the Cinematograph Act, the district magistrate is the licencing authority in his jurisdiction.

In the United Kingdom, for example, this requirement was introduced in the Cinematograph Act 1909, and effectively prevented the projectionist from also carrying out a public-facing role.

The Eady Levy came into effect on 9 September 1950 but was not established on a statutory basis until its incorporation in the Cinematograph Film Act of 1957.

In 1927, the British Government, in order to promote the market in India for British films over American ones, formed the Indian Cinematograph Enquiry Committee.

British grips usually belong to BECTU ( Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph & Theatre Union ).

The first Indian movie released in India was Shree pundalik a silent film in Marathi by Dadasaheb Torne on 18 May 1912 at ' Coronation Cinematograph ', Mumbai.

On February 5, 1894, his 40th birthday, he presented his " Marvellous Cinematograph " to a group of around twenty show business men in New York City.

The first cinema in Poland ( then occupied by the Russian Empire ) was founded in Łódź in 1899, several years after the invention of the Cinematograph.

The Vitascope and the Lumière Brothers ' Cinematograph were first presented in Japan in March 1897, and Lumière cameramen were the first to shoot films in Japan .< ref > Moving pictures, however, were not an entirely new experience for the Japanese because of their rich tradition of pre-cinematic devices such as gentō ( utsushi-e ) or the magic lantern.

In 1919, his first job in the film industry was as an assistant cinematographer at the Nippon Katsudou Shashin Kabushiki-kaisha ( Nippon Cinematograph Company or Kokkatsu for short ) in Kyoto, which later became better known as Nikkatsu.

Bergman then decided to shoot the film in Swedish and not in English like his previous film The Touch ( 1971 film ), and to finance Cries and Whispers through his own production company, Cinematograph.

In 1974, following an earlier-than-normal TV screening of the film on BBC TV, which broke a gentlemen's agreement allowing a ' window ' of theatrical distribution before any TV screening, the UK's Cinematograph Exhibitors ' Association ( the theatrical distributors ' association ) recommended its members blacklist all future movies produced by Jules Buck.

A dispute with the Association of Cinematograph Technicians, however, blocked this proposal, and instead the company purchased the freehold of Down Place.

Like most of ITV, Thames was beset by conflicts with trade unions, notably the Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians ( ACTT ) – indeed, the worst strike to hit the network originated at Thames.

Frenchman Louis Minier presented a film on a Cinematograph in a Café-Theatre on Saint Lawrence Boulevard.

His late years were tragic from 1910 when, crushed by the new Cinematograph, dejected and penniless, he threw the greater part of his irreplaceable work and unique equipment into the Seine as the public had deserted his " Théatre Optique " shows which had been a celebrated attraction at the Musée Grevin between 1892 and 1900.

However, the competing Lumière Brothers Cinematograph had already exhibited different films in Montreal on June 27, 1896.

" The Introduction of the Lumière Cinematograph in Canada ", Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Volume 5, No. 2.

* The New Oxford Cinema built by Provincial Cinematograph Theatres on the corner of Chepstow Street, opened in 1911.

The performance was in aid of the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund and £ 30, 000 (£ in pounds ) was raised.

Formerly known as Watson's Hotel, it was the site where films were introduced to India with a screening of the Lumiere Brothers Cinematograph in 1896.

* The Standard Cinematograph Type 2709 hand-cranked camera ( used in early silent films, it was so expensive that only Charlie Chaplin and three other people owned one.

Moreover, the 1927 Films Act was up for renewal.

A little-known law called the Films Act bans the making, distribution and showing of films containing " wholly or partly, either partisan or biased references to, or comments on any political matter " in Singapore.

Then people can decide ", he said, adding that, as far as he knew, this was the first film that was considered political under the Films Act.

In 1997, under his former production company banner Carrie Films, Glover executive produced numerous films of first time directors including Pamm Malveaux's neo-noir short film Final Act starring Joe Morton, which aired on the Independent Film Channel.

A documentary made by film maker Martyn See about his 17 years as a political prisoner in Singapore was banned by the Board of Film Censors under the Films Act, which prohibit its possession and distribution.

Lionsgate was originally known as IMI Computer Corp. on May 26, 1986 and later known as Beringer Gold Corp. Beringer Gold later was incorporated as Lions Gate Films under the Business Corporation Act in British Columbia and was founded on July 3, 1997 by Frank Giustra, a Canadian investment banker hoping to capitalize on the growing film industry in his home town.

It was established under Section 76 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 ( FVPC Act ), replacing various film classification acts, including the Indecent Publications Tribunal.

* The Censorship of Films Act, 1923 was an act " to provide for the official censoring of cinematographic pictures and for other matters connected therewith ".

It was amended by the Censorship of Films ( Amendment ) Act, 1925, in connection with advertisements for films.

It was amended by the Censorship of Films ( Amendment ) Act, 1930 to extend the legislation to " vocal or other sounds " accompanying pictures.

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