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Sorrowfully, Jackie Gleason heaved himself upright and looked at Gene Kelly. The two are in Paris trying to film a movie called Gigot, about a lovable deaf-mute bum whose best friend is an alley cat. In the first scene, the cat is supposed to hear an alarm clock, wake up, and then rouse his deaf ami by licking his face. But the first dozen Parisian alley cats had flunked their screen tests. Gleason, who plays Gigot, swabbed off the sardine oil and discussed things with Actor-Director Kelly. Importing trained cats from Hollywood would cost almost...
...testing is the kind of nonsense that directors' assistants have assistants deal with in the U.S. But Gleason, who dreamed up Gigot because "I got fed up with seeing those psychological deals where Tab Hunter falls in love with a goat." wanted to do the film on location in Paris with French actors and crew...
...Gigot de la Clinique. A surgeon living in the provinces, as fond of good cheer as he was learned, invented this recipe, which we acquired by bribing his cook. No leg of venison can compare with a simple leg of mutton prepared in the following manner. Eight days in advance you will cover the leg of mutton with the marinade called Baume Samaritain, composed of wine-old Burgundy, Beaune or Chambertin-and virgin olive oil. Into this balm, to which you have already added the usual condiments of salt, pepper, bay leaf, thyme, beside an atom of ginger root...