The film answers back : an historical appreciation of the cinema (1939)

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Record Details:

Title:
The film answers back : an historical appreciation of the cinema
Date:
1939
Publisher:
London : John Lane the Bodley Head
Volume:
The film answers back : an historical appreciation of the cinema
Leaf #:
000204
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 02, 2025
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tion to the truth, then if there is any basic reality in The Drum it would surely evoke sympathy and enthusiastic patronage amongst the people with whom it is largely concerned, the people of India. After all the proof of the pudding is in the eating, is it not? Let us see. The following appeared in the Evening Standard on Saturday, September 17th, 1938: "THE DRUM' BANNED Madras, Saturday. Following disturbances in Bombay the Madras Government has banned Alexander Kordas film ' The Drum featuring Sabu the Elephant Boy, despite the action of Moslem censors, who ordered the elimination of several sequences before passing it. Exchange. Even with slices cut out of The Drum, it would appear that the Indian people would have none of it. The moral is obvious. So is the remedy. 176