The cinema and the public: a critical analysis of the origin, constitution, and control of the British Film Institute (1934)

Record Details:

Title:
The cinema and the public: a critical analysis of the origin, constitution, and control of the British Film Institute
Date:
1934
Publisher:
London : Ivor Nicholson and Watson Limited
Volume:
The cinema and the public : a critical analysis of the origin, constitution, and control of the "British Film Institute"
Leaf #:
00042
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law, Global Cinema, Books, and United Kingdom
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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it would at least succeed in preserving that " indisputable commercial disinterestedness " which its promoters had repeatedly laid down as indispensable. This urgent need remains. It is to be deeply regretted that the promising opportunity which the creation of the Cinematograph Fund offered of meeting it, by setting up an adequately representative and independent organisation such as would have commanded general confidence, has been seriously mishandled in the ways I have indicated. I venture to suggest, with all respect, my Lord President, as the matter is of wide public concern, that you and the Privy Council might wish to take into consideration the facts related in this letter when considering the administration of the Fund. I am, My Lord President, Your obedient servant, WALTER ASHLEY. The Shaws, Essendon. January 22nd, 1934. Page 38