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...Amin Bey was always May 15, the anniversary of his accession when, amidst the panoply of his royalty, his subjects, his ministers and the full diplomatic corps gathered to do him homage. When last year Tunisia became an independent nation under Premier Habib Bourguiba. the Bey's allowance was cut to a puny $500,000 and the special laws protecting his family were repealed (one cousin was promptly sent to jail for pushing narcotics). Last week a two-line communique from government headquarters announced that May 15 was no longer to be considered a public holiday. Reduced to accepting...
Involving a critical mission into enemy territory to knock out a bridge, the bulk of the film is concerned with the exploits of our brave Americano amidst a most unconvincing group of gypsies. Particularly grating is the phoney accent meant to simulate Spanish, ably seconded by the blatant and ill-written dialogue. No effort is made to indicate fully rounded characters; both Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman turn in poor performances as Grant and Bergman, nothing else...
...when the boyish face of Jordan's King Hussein first appeared on TIME'S cover, TIME noted that "to young King Hussein the complex intrigues of Araby are as familiar as baseball statistics to a U.S. teenager. The Hashemites have found intrigue a matter of simple survival amidst ambitious rivals." The rivals are still there; so is the intrigue. But the boy is now a man-of 21. See The Education of a King (FOREIGN NEWS) for how Hussein tackled his man-sized...
...Mexican people, their gallant revolutionary leaders. All this is mixed with a subtle anti-Americanism. But these factors do not intrude on the skill and beauty with which the film is handled. Indeed the propaganda's very painlessness makes it insidious, giving strength to the allegation of Communist influence amidst the script writers...
...Amidst starvation life persists. Lovers keep dates among the gravestones, old drunkards find their schnapps no matter what, the butcher's wife makes hay with Ludwig's boss, and already a man named...