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...Quentin Durward (M-G-M). "Durward," says the Scottish envoy (Moultrie Kelsall) at the court of Burgundy one silver morn in the summer of 1465, "you are a handsome, proud, gallant, honorable and slightly obsolete figure." At these words Robert Taylor recoils. It is startling enough for a 44-year-old matinee idol to hear himself described like an overage destroyer; but to be addressed in literate and amusing English smack-dab in the middle of a Hollywood thud-and-blunder opus is a shock almost as sharp as seeing Sir Walter Scott in the old Stut...
...Kerr-lash her down to "lady" roles and keep her there. Even after The Country Girl, the best M-G-M could think of was to assign Grace to Green Fire (which she did as her part of the bargain on Country Girl} and then offer her Quentin Durward. Grace, who sees the satin-lined trap as clearly as anyone, refused the Durward part after reading the script. "All the men can duel and fight, but all I'd do would be to wear 35 different costumes, look pretty and frightened. There are eight people chasing...
Timed Jokes. Moore's trademark is a crew haircut, a bow tie and a tireless grin. He opens most shows with a two-minute monologue he writes himself, follows it with a seven-minute skit featuring such regulars as Announcer Durward Kirby, Dancer Ray Malone and Singers Denise Lor and Ken Carson. Once every week, Moore brings on Naturalist Ivan Sanderson and his menagerie of chunga birds and false palm-civets. For his closing spot, he keeps on hand a stock of carefully timed jokes and comment (ranging from 20 seconds to 2½ minutes...
...Laughter and Despair), historical romancer (The Devil, The Patriot, The Gaudy Empire), whose contempt for tyrants and dictators (Louis XI, Paul I, Napoleon III) caused Hitler to banish both him and his works from Germany; of a heart ailment; in Lugano, Switzerland. The Devil, an extraordinary reworking of Quentin Durward into a psychological flesh-creeper, was a bestseller of the late '20s; The Patriot, also a bestseller, was made twice into a movie (first with Emil Jannings, later with Harry Baur...
...World Peace and World Health" (Sat. 7 p.m., NBC). Speakers: Alexandre Parodi, French delegate, U.N. Security Council; Sir William Jameson, United Kingdom delegate to the World Health Conference, and Durward Sandifer, U.S. adviser to the conference...