The New York herald., 1921-04-20
MOVE ON TO BAR
GERMANY'S FILMS
Distributors and Producers
Reused by TeutOnic Dis
elimination.
PLAN CONGRESS- APPEAL
Legion Takes Hand i'm Fight
High Tariff Barrier May
BE Asked.
PLAN CONGRESS- APPEAL

| Movements got under way here yes
terday TO bar, either by tariff legisla-
tion or other means, the further i'm
portation Of motion pictures made in
Germany. Agitation against the Ger
| man films was started In the American
| Legion, the report OF which led Major
| Cornelius w. Wickersham. one of the
officials OF the legion. TO state be
would present the matter 10 the
Americanization Committee to-day.
| Independent producers, led by John
Emerson, both az movie director and
as president OF the Actors Equity
\ Association, prepared 70 appeal 70 Con-
gress for protection against the films,
and the Equity will back the move
ment as a safeguard against throwing
\ American movie actors out OF employ
ment The Motion Picture Directors
Association held a meeting last night
to consider opposition TO such inn
! portations. which the flm makers de-
| clare will ruin the home industry II
persisted In.
william A. Bra1y president or the
! National Association Of the Motion
! Picture Industry. said the industry here
would fight the German business II such
/ Tcutonic discrimination rere maintained
| az was recently reported by Carl La
ernnle. president OF the Universal Film
/ CORPORATION. who said on his return
\ from Europe that Germany barred all
\ but . per cent OF foreign films from
/ the home market. committee OF the
| National Association Of the Motion
/ Picture Industry. representing both
| sdea of the uuestion--fnr the distribu-
| ters are generally in favor Of permit
\ ting the importatici II 30 10 Wash
/ lngtor III about q week and testify be-
\ fore me senate Finance Committee and
! the House Committee on Ways ard
Means gith reference - tariff on for
\ eign movies.
The American Aim indus.ry." said MIR.
Brady. "wil' meet the German trade
| the whole world. In fact--on 5000
business III there's no Discrimination on
their part thcre'll be no restriction here
Bu; n there f. well appeal e Congress.
tsinh they are afraid that films nom
this country. which MI SO pct cent -
the II. cgn market. arc Amcricani1ina
their population. teaching their children
American manners sad ctetoris. Bonar
Law. former Chancellor n the Exchequer
In Great Britain. told rie az much hint
self"
Emerson said several members or he
American Legion had told him move
mert was afoot ID that organization =
objection to thc Teutonlc product. lie
pointed out that Passion" distributed
here. hai been stopped ~ Canada BY an
organization of mothers whose sons hal
died in The war Eighty pictures. more
than most Of the big American COM
panies produce II z year. he had learned
and the same aEures we're supplied bv
other sources--were IN this country from
Germany. Forry-eight were said 10 be In
the hands or one company and eighteen
more OF Fern Andra. ~ American ac-
trcss popular on the German screen.
we're on the way.
Some of these films. Il was learned.
are being offered for as low az $4,000, 10
capture the market The Aim companies
In Germany are combined under sovert-
mental supervision. and Il was learned
that a week ago they adopted a regula-
tion. with n heavy fine attached. that
fret grade stars were 70 be paid only
5000 weekly, second grade 500 TO $3.50
and leading plawers s50--prices with
which the American companies cannot
hope 70 compete.