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After a three-week rest at his villa in rural Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France's foremost convalescent returned to public life last week, and instantly the nation's favorite game became face watching. The face, of course, belonged to Charles de Gaulle, and what his countrymen saw...
Beaming Burghers. Perhaps only a truly melancholy man could generate such frivolity. His melodies are delightful and earthy, but they are also the work of a composer who somewhat pitifully liked to be known as "the Mozart of the Champs-Elysées." In his last years, Offenbach struggled to...
The Day and the Hour turns up a decade or two late. An old-helmet romantic drama about occupied France, it has Simone Signoret as the chic Parisienne who is drawn into the Resistance movement by the irresistible U.S. flyer (Stuart Whitman). Together they make their way to a bittersweet...
Receiving newsmen at an Elysée reception a few nights later, De Gaulle, holding a glass of champagne, smilingly observed, "The whole world is calm now. Even the Chinese are trotting around." He added, "At this moment there is a state of mind favorable to making European progress. People...
Everyone Bites. The order was founded by Napoleon in 1802 to reward those who "by their knowledge, their virtue, their talent" upheld the glory of the Republic, in which all titles and honors had been abolished. "People call them baubles," said Napoleon of the awards. "Very well, it is with...