"SOLDIERS THREE"
Sir-I have not seen the picture Soldiers Three, but, knowing my early Kipling pretty well, and judging by the summary of the film given by your critic, I should say the action of the story had littie if anything of Kipling in it. I have checked on the volume of stories entitled Soldiers Three, and see no resemblance. The faces of the three soldiers on the hoarding posters were about as much like Mulvaney, Learoyd and Ortheris as I am like Ronald Colman. If I am wrong and the plot has been more of less taken fron: Kipling, I shall cheerfully apologise. Meanvwyiile, I am curious to know why and how such things are done. I hope your critic will not be deterred, by the reactions of H. E. Bates, from’ reading more of Kipling. Bateg’s estimate of Kipling is among the curiosities of criticism. However, we all
have our blind spots. I have known wellread men who could not read Dickens, and a University professor who could not abide Thackeray. Kipling is a great writer, One pointer to his stature is the space given him in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, published after his death.
TERENCE MULVANEY JUNIOR
(Wellington)-
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 655, 25 January 1952, Page 12
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202"SOLDIERS THREE" New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 655, 25 January 1952, Page 12
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