Word: gracing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...head. But Olivier is not an invincibly haughty brigand. In one delightful scene a former lover deters him from a robbery with a school-teacher-type lecture. He switches from bravado to bashfulness with aplomb and later in numerous slapstick scenes, he cavorts about the set with admirable grace. In all, he demonstrates that he is an expert actor of convincing versatility, and also, that he cannot sing...
Since Escapade is such an unsatisfying combination of silly plot and sledge hammer dialogue, the cast can be praised for just keeping the audience in the theatre until the final curtain. Roger Livesey and Ursula Jeans, as the distraught parents, are well together; his gruff and her grace are both engaging. Melville Cooper is excellent in the last scene when his stock, pompous headmaster reveals his individuality...
What saves the film from the commonplace is an original juxtaposition of the human and non-human animals. Under John Ford's skillful direction, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner and Grace Kelley shuck their human veneer and slip into the animal world which surrounds them. The passions which rage within this triangle are not civilized; they are elemental lusts common to all creatures. Driven by them, Gable becomes leonine, while Misses Gardner and Kelley are strictly feline...
...grace of cheek or nose...
...obvious props, he forges ahead with the urbane skill that has made him one of France's top actors. Those who saw Devil In The Flesh will wonder at his transformation. No more the scrawny, introspective adolescent, Philipe is a virile and powerful hero, dispatching his enemies with a grace and athletic elan that has not been seen since the days of the elder Fairbanks...