from the quota. It was, in turn, amended by further acts, and it was eventually repealed by the Films Act 1960. In recent years, an alternative view has arisen among film historians, such as Lawrence Napper, who have argued that the quota quickie has been too casually dismissed, and is of particular cultural and historical value because such films often contained performances unique to British popular culture, such as music hall and variety acts, that would not have been filmed under normal circumstances. See also Canadian content B movie References Bibliography Nobody Ordered Wolves, Jeffrey Dell, London & Toronto, William Heinemann, 1939. Michael Chanan, 'State Protection of a Beleaguered Industry' in British Cinema History, James Curran & Vincent Porter (eds.), London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983, pp. 59–73. The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in Britain, 1930–39, Jeffrey Richards, London, Routledge, 1984. Cinema and State: The Film Industry and the Government, 1927–1984, Margaret Dickinson & Sarah Street, London, British Film Institute, 1985. Dissolving Views: Key Writings on British Cinema, Andrew Higson (ed.), London, Cassell, 1996. 'The British Film Industry's Production Sector Difficulties in the Late 1930s', John Sedgwick, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, vol. 17, no. 1 (1997), pp. 49–66. The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema 1929–1939, Jeffrey Richards, Manchester, I.B. Tauris (2001). Lawrence Napper, 'A Despicable Tradition? Quota Quickies in the 1930s' in The British Cinema Book (2nd edition), Robert Murphy (ed.), London, BFI Publishing, 2001, pp. 37–47. Steve Chibnall, Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British ‘B’ Film (London: British Film Institute, 2007) [reviewed ] External links In Praise of the Quota United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1927 1927 in film Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament Media legislation Quota quickies History of mass media in the United Kingdom 1930s in British cinema 1920s in British cinema