The Cinema Tax Must Go

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1503A
Date Released
27 Mar 1958
Date submitted
24 Mar 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1FA Cup Semi Final Replay
  2. 2The Cinema Tax Must Go
  3. 3The State Visit to the Netherlands

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cinema Tax Must Go. DESCRIPTION: Comments on the cinema tax from the well-known exhibitor, Sir Alexander King, Richard Todd and Anna Neagle. Famous film studios have had to cut down production, because of the impact of the Cinema Tax. If they have to close, thousands of technicians and craftsmen will be thrown out of work. Over two hundred cinemas are closing every year. SHOTLIST: Night shot cinemas. Closer same Empire Leicester Square. CU cinema sign ‘Odeon’ CUs same ‘Warner’, ‘Ritz’, ‘Monseigner’ MS people entering cinema. CU ticket desk from behind. CU ‘Price of Admission’ sign. CU ticket desk. SCU Sir Alexander King. CU same speaking. CU interviewer. CU Richard Todd. CU Interviewer. CU Richard Todd speaking. MS Anna Neagle speaks. Exterior Elstree mix to interior set. MS scene shifters. MS carpenters. CU arc lamp. CU producer. MS scene being shot. MS football crowd. MS boxing match. CU crowd cheering. MS dog race. GV houses pan up to TV aerials. CU aerials. MS children running into cinemas. MS same. CU children buying tickets. MS foot of children on stairs. GV as show starts. GV children watching show. SCU same. MS Jack Hawkins arrives for premiere. MS Cary Grant. GV police holding crowds back. MS film star arrives. SCU Sophia Loren, & Yvonne Mitchell. CU Jayne Mansfield. MS Jack Hawkins. GV auditorium. GV Odeon, Leicester Square.
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Economics; Dog racing; Dogs; Industry and manufacture; Performing arts; Newsreels
Locations
England
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
73208
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
248
Story extras:
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