Ulster Says No, Absolutely Not
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Lloyd Meadhbh explains Northern Ireland’s special censorship sauce to Aoife. There’s cross-border agreement, even more censors than usual and a bit of flogging.   Films: Ulster the Garden of Eden (1930), tourist authority of NI   Frankenstein (1931, dir James Whale)   Ourselves Alone (1936, dir Brian Desmond Hurst, Walter Summers) Released in the US as Rivers of Unrest https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028071/   The Informer (1935, dir John Ford)   Merch! Support us Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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