ABSTRACT
In 1922 there had been a widespread fear that attendances were about to fall, and the proprietors of the country's 4,000 picture houses pressed for the withdrawal of the ‘iniquitous’ entertainment tax. Various Chancellors of the Exchequer, beginning with Philip Snowden in 1924, made reductions, but the trade had to wait almost forty years for the ‘total abolition’ they were seeking.
