PARAMOUNT THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 95, 16 January 1943, Page 8

PARAMOUNT THEATRE

"When I had a second look at “Heap th» Wild Wind” in Christchurch last week—a visit shorn ot any ot the enthusiasm that might have been reasonably promoted by the Americans who filled half the theatre in -■Wellington when I saw the him the first time—l still found it. a remarkab c piece of craftsmanship, colourful, swiftmoving. tense. , Cecil B. de Milin is as much a part of the fabric of Hollywood as is : Charlie Chaplin. But while Chaplin has become a citizen of the world as well, de Mine has been content (o construct 11i s phantasies from the stuff of which Hollywood s dreams are made. Not for him the bitter pills ot John Ford or the »"rel" l ' tins satire of Welles and Sturges. Ho tills Ins canvas with broad colours and bold crowds, relies upon spectacle and action to cover shortcomings in flic script and the almost awed bewilderment that sometimes overcomes the principal players. "Reap the Wild Wind” is as angry and flamboyant as the seas that sweep the Floridi Keys. The script may have demanded that Paulette Goddard remark at the finish. “Tills is nil my do ng. but the audience knows right well that, tlie whole thing Is Mr. de Milios doing, and verv well he lias done It. too. The Paramount Theatre has taken no gamble in bringing back this J 1 so soon after its original UeUing on screening. It has nil the will suffer it to be revived many times yet.