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...developed but no less perversely compelling. Ronet as the monstrous Philipe is the model of the Ugly American, throwing around money, speaking loudly, insulting everyone around him. His knife-in-the-back treatment of Tom-- he sets Tom adrift on a dinghy, embarrasses him by making him seem ill-bred, makes him steer the boat while he has sex with Marg-- makes him hard to like by any standards. The hapless Marg is wholly pitiable, toting around a guitar to which she croons mercilessly, plotting out her book on Fra Angelica, becoming a pawn in Philipe and Tom's rivalry...
...film company. Its most noted director, D.W. Griffith, was not impressed: "He's got a face like a cantaloupe, and he can't act." Both slurs were accurate. Doug's full-moon face and double chin made him a long shot for movie swoondom; and in closeup his stage-bred gestures looked like cheerleader antics. All he had was it--the gorgeous muscularity and infectious brio that made folks want to pay to see more. His exuberance turned out to be the key to a genre Doug virtually created: the adventure comedy. "Pictures were made for him," said Allan Dwan...
...operation to snag women in this election. But mostly the Democrats are smirking because they're pretty sure that whatever women want, or will want in November, it doesn't rhyme with "coal." On both sides, men are rubbing their eyes and seeing Woman once again as inscrutable Other--bred in primordial tidal pools and probably subject to the phases of the moon...
...convulsive drama at the story's core. As played by Donna Murphy (steely presence, gorgeous voice) and Lou Diamond Phillips (who eventually shrugs off the shroud of Yul Brynner), Anna and the King are each emotionally isolated--she as a widow and a foreigner, he as a man bred to a belief in his own infallibility. When they finally, lightly touch in the majestic Shall We Dance? polka, it has the thrilling impact of two worlds colliding in harmony...
...January '94, Paulson asked Mott to take on the then disappointing Cigar. Though bred for the turf, he behaved like a speed horse, so after four more unsuccessful races on the grass, the trainer decided to try him on dirt. Bingo. Cigar closed out the '94 season with two victories. But even then Mott wasn't aware of what he had. When Cigar and his jockey, Jerry Bailey, won the first of their 10 races together in '95, Mott and his family were vacationing in Costa Rica...