DID SHE DREAM TOO MUCH?

New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 146, 10 April 1942, Page 4

DID SHE DREAM TOO MUCH?

Sir-Some weeks ago I read with indignation "G.M.’s" account of how some person had ruined that fine picture Our Town by indiscriminately cutting out, several thousand feet. I remember your article was headed "Who Destroyed Our Town?" To this query I would add another, "Who attacked Tom, Dick and Harry?" When I saw this excellent film I noticed that although the general thread of the story was quite clear, it was obvious that in one or two places incidents had been cut out. For instance, Janie dreams about Tom and Dick, yet her dream of Harry had obviously been omitted, At first I‘put this down to the censor, but I discovered recently that on the night the film opened in Wellington it was shown in its entirety. Yet on the second and following nights the third dream and certain other portions were omitted. Perhaps you are in a positiom to make inquiries and to find out whether the Government censor, the film exchange concerned (R.K.O.), or the manager of the theatre was responsible for this unwarranted mutilation, In closing may I thank "G.M." for his valuable film criticisms. The only film about which I have disagreed radically was My Life With Caroline, to which I would give top rating.

G.M.

H.

(Wellington).

{The explanation given us by the film exchange is that this particular print of Tom, Dick and Harry was badly scratched in the sequences mentioned, and therefore had to be cut, as the print could not be replaced. The deletions had no other purpose.-Ed].