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OVERCAST, BRIGHT INTERVALS: "Green Dolphin Street," OVERCAST: "The Private Affairs of a Scoundrel."’
story might as well have finished at that point-Van Heflin, who was the acute ingle of the triangle, has left to form an ambulance unit behind the Maori lines-but apparently it was necessary to lay the ghost of Richard’s old love. So he and Lana go back to St. Pierre in time to see Donna take the veil. This apparently convinces Richard that he Chose Wisely, and the film ends on that note. Though it is about as tawdry as it is long, Green Dolphin Street has moments of unconscious humour that are themselves almost worth the price of admission. Hollywood’s Maoris obviously delighted a young Maori who happened to be sitting next me, and the sight of Lana and her Maori help ("That will be all, Hinemoa, thank, you!") drew appreciative chuckles from all parts of the house. But the earthquake drew the loudest laughs and I thought this a most interesting reaction. It can’t be explained as familiarity breeding contempt, for about 12 years ago, in the self-same Wellington theatre, I saw San Francisco and when that earthquake rumbled on to the screen quite a number of customers picked up their hats and left hurriedly. This time I didn’t notice anyone leave until some time after the earthquake was over, and it was hardly panic that sent them home.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 469, 18 June 1948, Page 32
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