One of the significant causes of the disunity between the three sectors-production, distribution, and exhibition-of the French film industry in the 1920s was that:

A. producers had succeeded in forcing the government to limit imported films, thus cutting into distributors' and exhibitors' profits.
B. distributors refused to handle films judged to be morally harmful by independent censorship boards.
C. exhibitors favored American films that attracted the biggest audience.
D. Pathé owned the biggest film exchange in France, while Gaumont owned most French movie theaters.

Answer: C