Word: danish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After six years of haggling, the four major parties in the Danish Parliament agreed on the text of a constitutional amendment to allow the ascension of a woman to the throne. If passed by both Parliament and popular referendum, which is likely, 12-year-old Princess Margrethe will be heiress presumptive (in the place of her uncle Prince Knud, 52-year-old brother of King Frederik), with the possibility of becoming the first Danish queen since Margrethe I (1353-1412), a precocious sovereign who made bright Danish history. Margrethe I became the 10-year-old child bride of King Haakon...
...Anne Boleyn. In general, the show's filmed offerings have been better than its live productions. Critics gave high marks to Novelist James Agee's five-part scenario dealing with Abraham Lincoln's early years, and to the program's unusual films such as the Danish Palle Alone, which told of a small boy who dreams he is the only person left on earth and ecstatically drives streetcars and fire engines through the empty streets of Copenhagen. In the Manchester Guardian's Correspondent Alistair Cooke, Omnibus found an agreeable new TV personality to tie these...
...COMPLETE ANDERSEN (1,239 PP) -Heritage Press ($6.95). All the old magic of Hans Christian Andersen in one handsome volume, newly translated by Danish-born Actor Jean Hersholt, plus three tales never published before...
...this movie magnificence, the film's most genuinely affecting moments are in Danny Kaye's performance in the title role. Looking a little like a Danish Walter Mitty, Comedian Kaye foregoes his familiar scat type of clowning to give a gentle, appealing and restrained characterization. Whether he flies a kite, sings to an inchworm, talks to a dog or transforms his thumb into a little girl, Kaye succeeds in conjuring up something of the charm of a child's storybook world: that magical realm of slippered kings, pouting princesses, dragons and serpents, flowers that waltz, and porcelain...
...doesn't waste words, often merely barks out the monosyllables "Right!" "Shoot!" "No!". But if necessary he can talk for hours-with great clarity. He speaks five languages (Danish, English, Spanish, German, French), but deprecates this facility, saying: "Languages have always come easy for me. It has nothing to do with intelligence. It's just a gift in that direction...