NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
(Paramount)
UR small friend is giving this film a hearty handclap because he had an hour and a-half of good, simple enjoyment, and the only time
he reme ibered there was a war on was when he me-uentarily tried to puzzle out whether the houseboys were Japanese or not. There is little to criticise in Nothing But the Truth. It is good clean fun, capably acted and capably directed, and one evidence of good direction is ,that the laughs are well spaced and well timed. My complete enjoyment of a good comedy has often been spoiled by annoyance at missing large slices of dialogue, but I don’t think I missed a laugh in this film, though it was full of them. On refc..ion, I really think (hold on to your armchairs) that my sole objection to Nothing But the Truth is a moral one. Bob Hope, as you will probably read in the advertisements, vows to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth for twenty-four hours. It was uplifting to see Mr. Hope rise thus nobly above his fellows and deal capably with the awkward situations that likewise rose. But "now is Morality (and myself) perplexed" (Burke-grateful thanks to Mr. Bartlett, as they say in the birth notices). Instead of the blighter sticking to his guns, as soon as the twenty-four hours are up he gives unnecessary and untruthful explanations of his conduct, making the ending (or so I thought) weak and messy. However, don’t let that keep you away.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 144, 27 March 1942, Page 15
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258NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 144, 27 March 1942, Page 15
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