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...suggesting the talents as a comedian which he has shown in most of his earlier pictures. However, Odile Versois, the salesgirl, is an engaging contrast to Guinness' somber tweeds. As a sort of personification of the infinite possibilities offered by Paris in April, she burbles and bubbles over with joie de vivre. Next to her, even the sleek and well-tailored older woman of Elina Labourdette seems a bit lifeless, while Vernon Gray, the not-so-inexperienced son, almost appears to be wrapped in an English...
...occasionally stumble. Toward the end, for example, the light vein is momentarily broken by Faust's sudden philosophic despair. ("The poorest beggar at least owns his own soul," he complains to his lover.) Nevertheless, the picture, enlivened by Leon Barsacq's lavish sets, is a distinct triumph of French joie de vivre over the sombre morality of previous Faust legends...
...finished second in the giant slalom) as his chief rival for the 1956 Olympics. But the 26-year-old Norwegian speedster expects to be schussing home a champion for years to come. "You never get old when you ski," says he. "Skiing is for me the extreme expression of joie de vivre...
...Best mile ever run by Joie Ray, U.S. distance champion in the golden...
Travel agents, bus, rail, and airline moguls, night club owners, and fills de joie all over Western Europe are gleefully looking forward to the greatest influx of summer tourists since the Ottoman Empire pushed at the walls of Vienna...