Word: cyrano
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dual role, Jose (Cyrano de Bergerac) Ferrer, 5 ft. 11 in., plays Lautrec's father and, standing on knees in stumpy boots for closeups, 4 ft. 8 in. Artist Lautrec. (A dwarf was used for long shots.) Ferrer's is a startling physical likeness: bloated lips, bulbous nose, bushy beard, pince-nez and bowler. But, although his well-nourished performance touches on Lautrec's wittiness and waspishness, it sometimes seems to miss out on his inner loneliness and agony. The women in Lautrec's life make an exotic gallery: blonde French Dancer Colette Marchand...
...Moulin Rouge (John Huston; United Artists), a biography of dwarfish Painter Toulouse-Lautrec, starring José Ferrer, wearing shoes on his knees, in his bid for a second award (his first: Cyrano de Bergerac...
...Second son of Dramatist Edmond Rostand (Cyrano de Bergerac...
...Appearance (Citadel; $3), Dr. Apton defends his theory. Many children's personalities are warped, he argues, because they happen to be born with jug ears, and get teased about them. Often the nose is the worrisome feature-and it does not have to be as big as Cyrano de Bergerac's. The passion to possess a sort of U.S. standard nose, says Dr. Apton, brings him patients who want their broad, flat noses built up with a bit of ridge, others who want their ridges taken down a notch. Dr. Apton generally obliges...
...Roosevelt said she would have to wait a while before deciding who, if anyone, should put the President's life story on film. Last week she picked the man: Producer Stanley Kramer, who had become one of Mrs. Roosevelt's favorites with movies like The Men and Cyrano de Bergerac. When production begins in another two years or so, Mrs. Roosevelt will advise on the screen play and share in the proceeds. Likeliest scripter: Roosevelt Biographer Robert Sherwood...