Sir,-I apprehend from The Listener of July 4 that a correspondent under the pseudonym of "C’rect Card" is perturbed by the number of ex-’ pressions of an American origin or derivation which are to be found in your pages devoted to the cinematograph. It is his suggestion that you should substitute for my poor efforts those of "an Australasian or British writer." If it will allay your pedantic correspondent’s doubts I shall produce documentary evidence of my British citizenship. But say, chief, before shooting off his mouth like that, this guy should sure take a gander at what some of the more classy scribes of British and Australian periodicals get away with regularly when putting over their dope about the movies, Here’s the result of a brief check-up: "A swell stroke of business," "A flurry of cuties." "He finds someone has muscled in on his territory." (C. A. Lejeune, London "Observer."’ ) " She is in danger of being bumped off." "This is her answer to those who have panned her as a looker and nothing else." ("News Review,’’ London.) "What gives the show its zip?" (" Australian Wireless Weekly."’) "... As glamourised in the film.’ ("The Australasian.’’)
So what?-
GORDON
MIRAMS
(" G.M.")
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 108, 18 July 1941, Page 4
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199Untitled New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 108, 18 July 1941, Page 4
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