Word: dauphinate
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Quite naturally Miss Cornell's interpretation of the maid Joan occupies the center of attention and, as always, her acting is profoundly mature and thoroughly compelling if somewhat stylized. The supporting cast is so uniformly excellent as to defy any graduation of honors. Maurice Evans portrays the incapable weakling Dauphin with a skill that renders the character quite lovable. John Emery has taken over Brian Aherne's part as the swaggering very English Earl of Warwick and does it quite as well as did the estimable Mr. Aherne. Eduardo Ciannelli as the Bishop of Beauvais, Charles Waldron as the senior...
...UNCROWNED KING ? Baroness Orczy ? Putnam ($2). Expert historical romance by the author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, dealing with a supposed career of the lost Dauphin...
Last week Henri, Jean Ill's hitherto un obtrusive Dauphin, showed unexpectedly the stuff of which practical politicians are made. Dropping the aloof dignity which is the badge of most legitimate pretenders, France's Henri, who is barred by law from his native land, rose up in Genoa to make what amounted to a fiery campaign speech. Down from Paris to hear him had gone hundreds of Camelots du Roi ("King's Henchmen"), the pick of French aristocracy. No sluggards, they do such chores in Paris as distributing the Royalist news paper, L' Action Fran...
Last week "Dauphin" Henri seized on the Stavisky and Prince scandals and the general rottenness now proved rampant among officials of the Third Republic...
...Cabinet's failure to fulfill its pledge to reduce the cost of living and growing public distrust of the Government as the Stavisky scandal continues to stink, made many Frenchmen turn last week with pleasure if not with serious contemplation to the spirited campaign of young, untainted "Dauphin" Henri...