Word: gallicisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...does quite well with a rather vapid leading role in which she is allowed to do little more than look attractive and sing a Lucienne Boyet type of song in a rather even, delicate voice. Miss Gallian is very handsome to see and has a highly attractive sort of Gallic charm; she should do well given a worthy vehicle for her talents...
...Cheron had played in bad luck. Weeks of shouting by the opposition Press finally forced the release, against his orders, of the long-suppressed official report on the murder of Judge Albert Prince at Dijon. It filled 180 pages and proved nothing at all beyond the ability of the Gallic mind to confuse an issue...
...certain blithe members of the class of 1938; that is, until a few days ago. The congenial young men sat himself down at the table in question one day this week, but he know it not as it really was. His entrance caused a momentary hesitation in the smooth Gallic flow of conversation and food, but soon the gentleman on his right asked him what his name was, in French. Considerably surprised, the young man parried with a brilliant, "Oh, Yeah" and turning to the man on his left he queried, "Do you speak Canuck, too?" Professor Morize just gave...
Boyer enthusiasts have failed to analyze her charm. The voice is cool, remote, essentially Gallic. But a bewitching personal note persists whether she sings of love or hate, boredom or jealousy. Each song has a finely chiseled pattern, an unmistakable mood built from a variety of inflections. Like Helen Morgan she likes to sit on the piano, flutter her hands. But she is as likely to pace the stage, act out each phrase. Like Libby Holman she can get her voice down to a guttural bass. But for finesse this Parisienne, now in her early...
...time in a generation to appreciate the layman's point of view as governments fell, week after week, month after month, with nothing done. But. like most Frenchmen, honest "Gastounet" is at heart extremely conservative. He may adopt such simple superficial reforms as commend themselves to his cautious Gallic mind. But anyone who expects him to remake the legislative and political machine of France, to rid it of blocs, to break with deep-rooted traditions, is likely to be disappointed...