GENEVIEVE
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G.F.D.)
(jFNEVIEVE, a comedy at the expense of the single-minded souls who take part in the annual London-to-Brighton veteran car rally, and the sweethearts or wives who tag along, was produced and directed by Henry Cornelius, who gave us (with the notable assistance of T. E. B. Clarke) Passport to Pimlico. it is proper to add, however, that Genevieve is not quite so funny as Passport. The latter was soundly based on a _ thoroughly original comic idea, which developed almost of its own volition as the film progressed. Genevieve’s fun. is of a more obvious kind -vintage cars are laughable to look at, and they break down with monotonous regularity. It is, in short, the old familiar comedy of frustration, and the director has squeezed the last possible laugh from his material. That is not to suggest that laughter is in short supply-there is a fair ration of it, and some engaging harmonica theme music by Larry Adler. But the players-John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall -are not really comic in themselves. It is left to Joyce Grenfell, who makes one brief and telling appearance, to show how funny Genevieve might have been.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 773, 14 May 1954, Page 21
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197GENEVIEVE New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 773, 14 May 1954, Page 21
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