[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—I am surprised that Mr. Norman Angell was not aware that the kind of spectacle, which he regrets, was allowed in Paris. If he visited certain English cinemas he would_see such performances from Parisian cabarets, &c., on the screen I I.s.st Christmas I took two girls to a cinema in one of our best known spas in order to see a well-reviewed film. Before this appeared I was disgusted by a representation of "A Satyr and a Dancer." The dancer was absolutely nude with the excep- tion, as Mr. Angell describes, of a piece of muslin about three inches square tied round the waist with a string ! I may say that upon my expostulating I was warmly thanked by the " Voluntary Censor," who informed the manager of the cinema that if he showed such a film again he would lose his licence. But what I would like to know is : How do such films pass any Censor in England ?—I am, Sir, &c., H. SOMERS-COCKS.
Eastnor.Rectpry, Ledlyury.
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