THE LAST CHANCE
N a notice of the film The Last Chance, exhibited recently at the Paramount Theatre, Courtenay Place, our reviewer expressed the opinion that it was exhibited in Wellington at very nearly the most unsuitable theatre in the city. It has been pointed out to us that these words are capable of more than one construction, and we take the first available opportunity of saying that nothing more was intended than that, having regard to the fact that the theatre has for some time specialised in films of a widely different type, the kind of audience to which this film seemed particularly likely to appeal was apt to overlook the exhibition. It was not intended to suggest that the Paramount Theatre, which has the merit of being one of the few houses independent of "chain-ownership," is not suitable for the screening of this or any other firstclass film; nor that, if the policy of exhibiting there films of a similar character is persevered in, it will not regularly attract those who would be sorry to miss films of the standard of The Last Chance. The same article described the audience as composed largely of callow youths out for an evening’s fun at their favourite thriller-and-leg house, and for the publication of this phrase we likewise express our regret. We ask our readers to regard as unreservedly withdrawn both the phrase in question and any imputation it may be taken to bear.
Ed.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 382, 18 October 1946, Page 33
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244THE LAST CHANCE New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 382, 18 October 1946, Page 33
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