SONS OF THE SEA
(Warner Bros.-British)
‘THis gives me the impression of being a rather old film, and that not merely because it ' glorifies the launching of ships
instead of the singing of them, Anyway, if it isn't old, it’s certainly oldfashioned in treatment, and a bit stilted and dull as well. It’s all about the found. ing of the Cunard-White Star line last century, and the perils and disappointments that had to be faced before steam triumphed over sail on the Atlantic crossing (a theme which was much more effectively handled by Will Fyffe, Fairbanks junr., and Margaret Lockwood (Continued on next page)
a (Continued from previous page) three years ago in Paramounts Rulers of the Sea). It appears that the two British brothers who were largely responsible for revolutionising the shipping industry were both in love with the same girl (Valerie Hobson), and that the elder and less romantic (Griffith Jones), was conveniently killed at a most appropriate moment, thus leaving the way clear for the younger brother (Michael Redgrave). That’s how it appears-but it seems a bit too melodramatically good to be true,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 207, 11 June 1943, Page 10
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186SONS OF THE SEA New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 207, 11 June 1943, Page 10
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