Press Challenge
In the 1930s the Methodist Times newspaper in England began attacking the low moral standards exhibited by British films and by American films shown in Britain. In response, the London Evening News answered the Methodist Times by suggesting that if the Methodist Church was so concerned about the effect that the film industry was having upon family life in Britain, that it should start producting its own family-friendly films. It was this exchange that motivated J. Arthur Rank to expand his movie interests into the commercial market.
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