Word: dieudonne
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Napoleon-like all the great silent epics-is a triumph of pure cinematic style over conventional expectations. There is no "characterization" in the usual sense, though in the title role Albert Dieudonné gives a great silent performance of looks, gestures and poses. Mostly, however, people are used as unparticularized symbols. Nor are there many dramatically pointed scenes, only groupings in which it is up to cameraman, editor and director to ferret out (and impose) meaning-to "photograph thought," in Griffith's phrase...
...Dieudonné ("Doudou") Coste, 54, pioneer distance flyer (first from Paris to New York, in 1930). Onetime Hero Coste, bravoed in Manhattan as a counterspy in 1945, was now arrested in France as a wartime spy for Germany and a collaborator since 1940. One of his alleged services: organizing the first Nazi spy units...
...Dieudonné Costes, French flyer who made news in 1930 with a transatlantic flight, made it again in Manhattan by posing as a Nazi agent and capturing a real one (one Paul Jean Marie Cavaillez). Forced to join the German intelligence service in 1942, Costes went to Spain, told all to United Nations officials and went on from there...
...Perfumer François Coty. Its long, tapered wings stretched out 95 ft. Its Hispano Suiza engine roared with 650 h. p. Its narrow fuselage bore the legend Trait d'Union ("Hyphen"). In the cabin were short, squint-eyed Joseph Marie Lebrix, onetime flying partner (now enemy) of Dieudonné Coste; famed Aerobat Marcel Doret, and Mechanic René Mesnin. They were bound nonstop for Tokyo, 6,032 mi. away, farther than any plane had flown in a straight line. They were confident, because only a few weeks ago they had flown the Trait d'Union...
Inspector General. Aside from their feats of flying the Atlantic cleanly, points of resemblance between Charles Augustus Lindbergh and Dieudonné ("Doudou") Coste are few. But last week arose a new one. Much as Col. Lindbergh became technical adviser for T. A. T. and Pan American Airways. Capt. Coste an nounced himself inspector general of lines (technical adviser) for the French air transport system, Air Union...