14 JANUARY 1955, page 15

Sir,—michael Croft's Letter About His Film Script Of...

Rod reveals an astonishing ineptitude on the part of the British Board of Film Censors. Assuming that the film script remained faithful to the novel—and the tone of his letter......

Sir,—trimmer Could Scarcely Be Wider Of The \ Mark Than In

speaking of co-ownership as 'a scheme which has been worked out by Liberals in no more substantial detail than by Con- servatives,' and in saying, 'To encourage co- ownership......

Film Censorship

SIR,—Before we had the 'X' certificate, we could not have had the film of Spare the Rod because we had not a certificate that was really for adults only. Now that we have an 'X'......

Sir,—i Chanced To Pick Up A Copy Of Your Current

isiue over the weekend and was some- what amused to read Michael Croft's letter on film censorship, It was the type of letter I should have prob- ably written myself some twenty......

I Have Not Read Mr. Croft's Book—a De- Ficiency I

must remedy—so I cannot assess either its literary merits or its documentary accuracy, but I must give my wholehearted support to his protest that 'it is impossible to make a......