"GENEVIEVE"
Sir-yYour reviewer "Jno." has obviously missed the point in his review of the J. Arthur Rank release Genevieve. Whether this is due to lack of a sense of humour, or lack of an appreciation that there are various types of comedy, only "Jno." can tell; but I suspect it is the latter, Joyce Grenfell’s appearance as the boarding-house keeper was certainly funny and a highlight of the film, but a highlight only’ because it was .an. isolated piece of. character comedy surrounded by comedy of situation, The
point "Jno." seems to have missed is that the film gets its laughs because the other players he mentions "are not really comic in themselves"; had they tried to be, the film would have been singularly unfunny and’a complete burlesque.
P. M.
S.
(Wellington).
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19540604.2.12.5
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 776, 4 June 1954, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
132"GENEVIEVE" New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 776, 4 June 1954, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in