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WOMEN WANT “SPICY” FILMS
Morality Organiser’s Fears
LONDON
That women picturegoers were responsible for the showing of objectionable films, was suggested by the organising secretary of the Public Morality Council (The Hon. Eleanor Plumer), addressing the Mothers’ Union. She said that an exhibitor had told her that unless programmes included something spicy, women stayed away.
“People want entertainment in cinemas, not education nor uplift,” she added. “The majority of films have a pagan outlook, with hardly any suggestion of a Christian approach to problems. This is their most serious weakness.”
The Guardian
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