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Since the policy of the Gayety Theatre does not encourage either previews or reviews of its current screen offerings (the management feels that such comment will fall to do full justice to its shows), this is the first and perhaps the last excursion of The Moviegoer into the lair of naughty, risque films...
Australians have begun to acquire the U.S. view of a Chaplin minus mustache and baggy pants, the off-screen Chaplin who is a dapper, grey multimillionaire of 54, widely envied in Hollywood for his unassailable arrogance and for his affairs with a succession of pretty young "proteg...
...time to sleep or wipe the sweat, dirt and blood off their faces, a group of U.S. Marines was whisked straight from the fight on Eniwetok to somebody's idea of heaven: a movie. Dog-tired, they were glad enough to flop down anywhere. Suddenly on the wrinkled screen, smiling winsomely, glowed the features of Frank Sinatra. And soft against the battle-battered Marine eardrums throbbed Frank's velvet protestations of his love for them. There was a short, amazed, ecstatic silence; then the Marines yawped, groaned and moaned, "Frankie, Oh Frankie, Oh Frankie, kiss me Frankie...
They continue to listen gravely while their minister tells them of the Negro's part in the making of America. The screen fills with historical paintings and with statuary, with bits from U.S. films which record the Negro's work in U.S. industry and warfare. They nod and smile when a mother interrupts to read a letter from her boy at camp. Then the screen fills with his Army story, from the day of his induction, and with images of Negroes at work in all branches of the service...
With deep feeling, the Negro congregation sings Onward, Christian Soldiers. In 46 minutes there has taken place on the screen (despite the bitter facts left out) a brave, important and hopeful event in the history of U.S. race relations...