ABSTRACT
During the war there was a sharp increase in the amount of official control exercised over the film industry. The position as regards the earlier restrictions, especially the Cinematograph Act and Sunday closing, underwent only minor changes. But a number of new measures came into being with a suddenness which left little time for discussion. In particular there was a tax on entertainment and one on film imports, both of which might have made a more gradual appearance before long even had there been no war. The resentment which was caused by this interference can be read between the lines of countless reproachful appeals to the morale-building performed by the film trade, its contribution to patriotic funds and the war work of its members, whether in the services or at home.
