Word: garcin
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...this slapstick comedy, even the Occupation takes second place to the preoccupation-cherchez la femme. The plot is as old as Gaul, and only a new director would have the gall to tell it again: the sleepy middle-aged husband, the nubile wife, the young stranger (Henri Garcin). But Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 33, has an appetite for the absurd and an unerring eye for casting. An actor in the mugging tradition of Toto and Fernandel, Philippe Noiret is excellent as the pawky, paunchy husband; and Catherine Deneuve, as his restless wife, is as light and tart as a lemon souffl...
...Garcin, the pacifist reporter who ran from war, is excellently portrayed by Earle Edgerton '56. His role requires precise voice control in a dialogue of oscilloscope inflection and mercurial mood. He seems in doubt at times where to stand or what to do with his arms, but he moves deliberately and effectively, and speaks with masterful control...
...outs for the production's four characters took place yesterday afternoon with Nancy Henneberry '51 and Elaine Tucker '51 copping parts of Inez and Estelle. Garcin will be played by David Baumann '51 and the Valet by Warren Brody...