Newspaper Article, The Way Ahead (film 1944) screened at Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre April 1945
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The Way AheadOf such a kind is The Way Ahead at the Athenaeum. True, in its long cast, there are a few women. The small parts they play are well done, but they are merely incidental. The emphasis' through-out is purely masculine. But I think the most militant feminist, if any exist today, will agree that the film is entitled to be classed as a great production. Among its many fine features is the perfect balance of its cast. It carries the names of 28 characters, and each, great or small, has its own place in the mosaic with-out which the plan would not be perfect.
The Way Ahead is merely the story of how Britain made her armies from the raw material. A young lieutenant and a regular Army sergeant are given the task of making soldiers out of a platoon of an assorted bunch of unpromising civilians. Everyone is a grouser, who bitterly resents being called up. Lieutenant Perry's battalion has been badly mauled at Dunkirk, and the platoon is part of its reinforcements.
The Way AheadA group of conscripts are called up into the infantry during WWII. At first they appear a hopeless bunch but their sergeant and Lieutenant have faith in them and mould them into a good team. When they go into action in N. Africa they realise what it's all about.
