Word: gallic
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...Italy. It was not only potent propaganda for the U.S. in the East-West battle, but a memorable and characteristically Quaker act. Said the Christian Science Monitor's Roscoe Drummond, of the Friendship Train: "One of the greatest projects ever born of American journalism." Next month, as a Gallic gesture of gratitude, a "Merci, America" train of 49 French boxcars will be shipped across the Atlantic, with such gifts for the 48 states and Hawaii as Sevres vases from President Vincent Auriol and bronze school bells from Caen...
...direction by Jed Harris is at least responsible for the lack of these little reminders that one usually gets in seeing a translation from another tongue. Mr. Boyer's accent is the only Gallic touch, and that is evenly balanced by the whole personality of John Dall (the assassin), who is as Indiana as all get-out. Mr. Dall's acting style is not unlike James stewart's, and that of course is not bad at all. Joan Tetzel plays the confusing role of the wife with assurance. In the female division, however, she is topped by the performance...
Back Streets of Paris (Jacques Feyder-Film Rights International). Basically, this is merely a French-made gangster melodrama, but it has some wry Gallic nourishes. Example: the downtrodden Cinderella of the film (Andrée Clement) is not rewarded with the Prince Charming (Jacques Dacqmine), who runs off with a flashy tart. Instead, she gets a profitable little hotel business, and seems perfectly content with the bargain...
Miss Geweke began plotting more than ten years ago, and has already won some powerful support. With a Ph.D. in the classics, and years of Latin teaching behind her, she had seen too many schoolkids make hard going of Caesar's Gallic War. When they finished at the end of the second year of Latin, most of them usually dropped Latin forever. Miss Geweke's plan: if most schoolkids are only going to take two years of Latin, why not give them "the best Latin"? Why not give them Vergil and his Aeneid...
Admirers of the French cinema and of Raimu in particular will have to admit that the intensely human figure of the Gallic star undergoes little variety of characterization. In fact, 'Fanny" is "The Baker's Daughter" again, with the innate virtue of womanhood, backed by the mature but homely virtue of Raimu, once more triumphant over youthful indiscretion. Whether or not such repetition dulls French sensibilities, however, the lack of such basic themes in the Hollywood (or British) repertoire will insure a warm reception here, especially since that theme has been thoroughly seasoned with earthy humor unknown to the conventional...