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accommodated in a gallery an attendant must be stationed at the top of each flight of stairs.
(9) Two fire-extinguishers or one stirrup hand-pump with two buckets of water must be provided for audiences of 300 or less. All equipment used for fire-fighting must be kept in working condition, and at all times be accessible for immediate use.
(10) The responsibility for the care of the audience rests with the person hiring the hall, and he is also responsible for carrying out the appropriate instructions contained in the Home Office Regulations.
The travelling showman should therefore ascertain beforehand whether the hall he proposes to hire is safe or otherwise.
The best thing to do is to find out beforehand if the hall is licensed for entertainment by the local Licensing Authority. If it is, he can be fairly sure that the condition of the hall complies with the Regulations, and he can go right ahead with nothing to worry about save the fact that the hall has no electricity, the villagers are working late in the fields, and the films have not arrived . . .
The Performing Rights Society
All gramophone records, and sponsored and other kinds of musical films may have two distinct copyrights :
(a) That of the music, for which a small fee is payable to the Society every time the music is played in public, and who thus look after the interests of the composers and others, etc.
(b) That of the record itself, public performance of which requires permission from the organisation known as Phonographic Performances, Ltd., but the Performing Right Society will give you all the help you need, and will let you know whether the music is covered by copyright or not and what the fee will be. The fees are usually quite small.
Sunday Shows
There are still a number of districts where it is forbidden to show films on a Sunday, and where the Sunday Observance Act of 1781 is still in force. The Local Authority may also introduce a number of Bye Laws affecting film-shows, so inquire about these at the Town Hall.
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