Cinematograph Films Council
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The Cinematograph Films Council was established by the Cinematograph Films Act 1938 as a result of a Board of Trade
report by a committee chaired by Lord Moyne
, which recommended that such a statutory body should be created to advise the UK government on matters relating to the film industry. Among its specific functions was the monitoring of a so-called 'quality test' (based on cost per foot of finished film) that was to be applied under the Act to films which sought registration as British under the screen quota
to eliminate quota quickies.
The Council was abolished in 1985 by the government of Margaret Thatcher
, which requested that some of its members should be absorbed into the newly created British Screen Advisory Council
.
Board of Trade
The Board of Trade is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions...
report by a committee chaired by Lord Moyne
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne DSO & Bar PC was a Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the militant Jewish Zionist group Lehi...
, which recommended that such a statutory body should be created to advise the UK government on matters relating to the film industry. Among its specific functions was the monitoring of a so-called 'quality test' (based on cost per foot of finished film) that was to be applied under the Act to films which sought registration as British under the screen quota
Cinematograph Films Act 1927
The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry.-Description:...
to eliminate quota quickies.
The Council was abolished in 1985 by the government of Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
, which requested that some of its members should be absorbed into the newly created British Screen Advisory Council
The British Screen Advisory Council
The British Screen Advisory Council was established in 1985 to succeed the Interim Action Committee on the Film Industry.-Aim:Its principal objective was to 'foster good relations between Government and Parliament on the one hand and the film, television and video industries in UK on the...
.