Word: dauphinate
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...Shoemaker's Wife. Paris was used to such claims; the fate of the young Dauphin had long been shrouded in mystery and rumor. In 1795, the revolutionary government, which held him prisoner, had officially announced his death from scrofula at the age of ten, but the stories of witnesses who claimed to be present at the death varied widely. Some years later a shoemaker's wife, who had been charged with the care of the royal prisoner, swore on her deathbed that young Louis had been spirited away and that another boy had been buried in his grave...
...Hammerstein II) wheels into position another of the aggressively picturesque families that enjoy great popularity on Broadway. The Bonnards, headed by jaunty, Gallic grandpere (Edgar Stehli), are French-Canadians living in Ottawa in the early 19205. There are grandpère's three sons-a "crazy violinist" (Claude Dauphin), a round-the-clock tosspot (Kurt Kasznar), and a round-the-town ladies' man (Richard Hart); his often disapproving Scottish-Presbyterian daughter-in-law (Leora Dana); and his grandson (Johnny Stewart) who stands on the curb of adolescence waiting for his voice to change. When a pretty girl...
...play has some funny lines, but not many; and some nice performances, especially Dauphin's. The outstanding thing about it is its phenomenal memory: it exploits every type of gag, farce twist or comedy situation that ever made good in the past. It is one more of the Rodgers & Hammerstein-produced hits (John Loves Mary, Happy Birthday) that give the obvious and the mediocre a finishing-school education, and that hug a safe, tried formula on the theory of nothing venture, nothing lose...
Some of the dialogue is amusing. Especially amusing are the lines spoken by Kurt Kaszuar, as the drinking uncle, and Edgar Steldi as Grandpere. Both are splendid actors, particularly Mr. Kaszuar, who made the evening for me with his Oblomov-like characterization. The French actor, Clande Dauphin, plays Papa with warmth...
...other roles, Jose Ferrer, as the Dauphin, is rather interesting, and Francis L. Sullivan, as Cauchon, is menacing enough; but since his part in the plot called for him to prolong my stay at the Astor long after my interest had left, I'm not saying anything good about...