On Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:42:46 +0100 Christian Jansen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > I´m searching for sources which could hepl me to find out, > if there´s a relationship between the growth of the GB film industry (in terms > of attracted audience) and the amount of state subsidies exists. Thank you very > much! I'm not aware of any research which has attempted to describe the relationship between the two. However, if by "state subsidy" you mean subsidised exhibition (which your definition of growth as an expression of attracted audiences would seem to imply), then there has never been any significant subsidy, except during the 1940s when the Ministry of Information (which became the Central Office of Information in April 1946) operated a non-theatrical scheme (i.e. screenings of Government films in venues such as factories and church halls). There have been various schemes for subsidising film PRODUCTION, however; the longest lasting being the so-called Eady Levy, whereby a percentage of each cinema ticket sold went back into British film production, which operated from 1949 until 1981. For a full history of this and other schemes, see Margaret Dickinson and Sarah Street, "Cinema and State: The Government and the Film Industry, 1927-1984" (London, British Film Institute, 1985). L. __________________________________ Leo Enticknap Postgraduate Common Room School of English University of Exeter Queen's Building, The Queen's Drive Exeter Devon EX4 4QH United Kingdom email: [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.