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1932 Sunday Entertainments Act
 

Legislation regulating how cinemas operated on Sundays

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The Sunday Entertainments Act 1932 as amended by the Sunday Cinema Act 1972 and the Cinemas Act 1985 regulated the opening and use of cinema premises on Sundays.

The Sunday Entertainments Act 1932 also established a Sunday Cinematograph Fund for 'encouraging the use and development of cinematograph as a means of entertainment and instruction'. This was how the British Film Institute was originally funded.

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