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The History of British Cinema: 1932 |
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Alexander Korda becomes Paramount’s representative in Britain, and forms London Films Productions. [ADD] | |||
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10/6 - |
The Commission on Educational and Cultural Films recommends the foundation of a national film institute in its report on The Film in National Life. [ADD] | |||
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29/6 - |
The Gaumont British studios in Lime Grove, Shepherds Bush, London, officially re-opens with five studios. [ADD] | |||
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13/7 - |
Royal Assent is given to the Sunday Entertainments Act. The act allows local referendums on cinemas opening on Sunday. It also requires that a percentage of the takings from Sunday opening is paid to the Cinematograph Fund to ‘encourage the use and development of the cinematograph as a means of entertainment and instruction.’ [ADD] | |||
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20/12 - |
19-year-old actress Vivian Mary Hartley marries lawyer Herbert Leigh Holman in St James Church in London. The actress will later become famous as Vivien Leigh. [ADD] | |||
| – Norman London opens the Sound City Producing & Recording Studios at Littleton Park, Shepperton. [ADD] | ||||
| – The Board of Film Censors introduces a new ‘H’ certificate in response to local licencing authority concerns about the increase in horror movies. [ADD] | ||||
Other Key British Films of 1932 |
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| Dance Pretty Lady (Anthony Asquith) [ADD] | ||||
| Good Night, Vienna (Herbert Wilcox) [ADD] | ||||
| Lord Camber’s Ladies (Alfred Hitchcock) [ADD] | ||||
| Number Seventeen (Alfred Hitchcock) [ADD] | ||||
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