Salient. An organ of student opinion at Victoria University, Wellington. Vol. 23, No. 9. Wednesday, November 9, 1960
Westerns
Westerns
Western-wise we have seen The Hanging Tree and John Ford's Horse Soldiers. Delmer Daves, who made the first, will be well known to cowboy movie-goers; apart from 3.10 To Yuma, his Westerns have been of a consistent high standard. The Horse Soldiers wasn't the equal of The Hanging Tree—this in itself is interesting, because Daves isn't half the director Ford is.
The Golden Age of Comedy revivified old favourites: Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon and the much underrated Laurel and Hardy. This is pure slapstick, never banal, always hilarious. Britain has produced Sons and Lovers, a capable movie, which, if nothing else, at least indicates the country is on the ascendancy in the movie industry, and Blitz On Britain. This film was designed to remind people that there was a World War II. The British are very cautious about these reminders — their studios spit out one of these crummy war films every two weeks.