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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 158, 3 July 1942, Page 3

Sir,-I don’t think G.M. is tenderhearted; he is a little middle-classiah in his sentiments at times, but it’s usually in a pleasant and very readable ‘sort of way. But tender-hearted! Not ‘with those well remembered complaints about bitches. and things, surely. At times, too, he is a little too concerned for the likes and dislikes of his larger audience, and like Mrs. R.S. I fail to see why The Little Foxes should be graded even one off the top; there is far too much playing-down of stern film material. In Auckland, for instance, one of the most enjoyable productions of all time, one of those really great films, All That Money Can Buy, played for less than a week. Surely there was no excuse for this. I only hope G.M. gives it a lift when it comes his way. As for 49th Parallel, I liked it too much to worry about anything ever my favourite New Zealand journalist could say concerning it. Perhaps it was a waste of public money, but money has been wasted on many less worthwhile efforts than 49th Parallel. And although I have not agreed with G.M, in his reviews of Citizen Kane, The Long Voyage Home. Tobacco Road, and a few others, and think H. M. Pulham, Esq. deserved top rating, he is still by far the brightest spot in New Zealand journalism for me, and I imagine for many other people.

D.W.

B.

(Auckland) .