A Defeat But Not A Disaster

Radio Record, 10 June 1938, Page 27

A Defeat But Not A Disaster

VUGRDDOGARARRRDEDGERTSNDEERUNECUUGGERGU REEDED ESORDUDRGESELDEURUEARUEDRORDREDSOSERPRUREODSUERDUERDERDADUVQRRERCROOOD WHEN Cecil B. De Mille’s ‘The Buccaneer’’ was reviewed in the ‘‘Record’’ a few weeks ago, you may remember that special reference was made of the sequence about the Battle of New Orleans in which Scottish regiments were being shown shot down by the American troops and Jean Lafitte’s pirates. | mentioned that there was a good deal of apprehension among theatre executives about the way in which this sequence was likely to be received in patriotic British communities. Personally, ! thought that De Mille had rather gone out of his way to avoid treading on sensitive British toes; but apparently Paramount were taking no risks ot offending our touchy national pride. When "‘The Buccaneer’ was publicly released in New Zealand recently, cuts had been made in the battle sequence. The British are still beaten, but not nearly as badly as they were before.