Word: jeane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Still to be chosen: a successor to Jean Monnet as operational head of the Coal and Steel Authority. One favorite for the job: Robert Schuman, whose "Schuman Plan" started it all. Though politically the European dream stirs no great enthusiasm these days, the economic side of it is surprisingly perky. Largely as a result of the Schuman Plan, and its creation of a common tariff-free market, Jean Monnet reported last week that...
Directed and adapted by Jean Cocteau, The Queen's Lover is just the kind of swashbuckling romance that was one the glory of Douglas Fairbanks. In fact, one scene of church chandelier-swinging would have been worthy of the master himself...
...Jean Marais, in the lead role, is somewhat too self-confident and phlegmatic for an obscure student suddenly finding himself in the Queen's boudoir. He acts as though he's seen the movie before, and knows all along that she'll come bounding into his arms. Dannielle Darricux, on the other hand, is quite convincing as the bored and unhappy Queen--a difficult task in what is getting to be a stock role...
...principle, since the scriptwriter forgot to give him any specific motivations-mellows a little, too, and in the end they all charge off to Utah together as cheerily as vestrymen to a box supper on the church lawn. "Great Britain and the State of Utah," says Rory to Jean in a wobbly voice. "It's impossible...
Inside their gaily-colored cocoon, Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons manage to show a little life before succumbing to the extravagant boredom that surrounds them. In the opening scenes Brando almost seems convincing as the brash young general who knew he would conquer Europe, while Miss Simmons is winsome without being sticky. But by the end of the picture--and this perhaps may be a very subtle intentional change--Brando is only a powerful bore, mouthing bad aphorisms in an Old School accent, while Miss Simmons' archness has become a bit wearing...