_ THUNDER OVER MEXICO
.[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The protest against political of of motion pictures is one of the greatest-in most of our so-called civilized 'countries, and I thought that your readers might be interested to have the following item of information with regard to the British censorship of the Eisenstein picture, Thunder over Mexico. . American producers of this picture were compelled by the British censorship to make a number of cuts. One such:cut was when Maria Was praying over the dead body of her laYer, she was not permitted to use the words, " Christ deliver 'us." I do not understand the basis for this cut, whether it is forbidden to mention Christ on the motion picture screen: Or whether-it-is forbidden that a Catholic girl should pray to HMI,
Another cut was ordered of the title, reading-as follows : " The blood and strife of new revolution ended.oppresSicin. overthreW tyrants." 'This referred' to Mexican history- of 1011.--4 am, Sir; .&e.; • *• • - Ur-rorq SINCLAIR.' Los Angeles TVest Brfiiiili; California: •
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