Blame the Mutiny

That Restless Feeling

The moralists tell us that American films give the younger generation a dangerously false conception of gangsters, guns and gin. That may or may not be true, but "Smad" hears of a young man who, after seeing "Mutiny on the Bounty," packed up and went to Tahiti.

Whether his departure took place as a result of seeing the film is not known, but he certainly went. It may have been the sight of Clark Gable casually reaching for a banana for morning tea, the while he reclined in the arms of a singularly beautiful young woman, which sent the lad to the Island, or he may have gone on the word of the old chieftain that money just wasn't necessary there.

However, joking aside, there is no doubt that "Mutiny on the Bounty" has a queer psychological effect. How many students, the younger ones at any rate, came away from the theatre wishing to goodness they could get out of the rut, and dash off and have a spot of romance?

Although some of the mutineers were villains, "Smad" will wager that the average student envied them.

Apparently the only thing to do if you have got a hankering after coral reefs and wide open spaces is to forget it and continue as well as you can along the even tenor of your way, in the Great Standardised Rut. It's just too bad, but it can't be helped.