Word: jose
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...story revolves around the life and loves of Henri Toulouse Lautrec, painter of Paris seamier side. With his legs pinioned beneath him, Jose Ferrer portrays the dwarfed, crippled Lautrec. Very few across can underplay a role and be convincing , but Ferrer does just that in Moulin Rouge. Ignoring the highly emotional aspects of his character, he gives great realism to Toulouse Lautrec's pathetic figure...
Moulin Rouge. Director John Huston's exuberant film biography of French Painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; with Jose Ferrer (TIME...
General reaction is highly favorable to the appointment of Jose Luis Sert as Dean of the Design School. But a small group expressed disappointment that the new head was not picked from the school faculty when contacted yesterday...
Moulin Rouge (Romulus; United Artists). John Huston's film about the life and loves of Artist Toulouse-Lautrec; with Jose Ferrer (see below...
...dual role, Jose (Cyrano de Bergerac) Ferrer, 5 ft. 11 in., plays Lautrec's father and, standing on knees in stumpy boots for closeups, 4 ft. 8 in. Artist Lautrec. (A dwarf was used for long shots.) Ferrer's is a startling physical likeness: bloated lips, bulbous nose, bushy beard, pince-nez and bowler. But, although his well-nourished performance touches on Lautrec's wittiness and waspishness, it sometimes seems to miss out on his inner loneliness and agony. The women in Lautrec's life make an exotic gallery: blonde French Dancer Colette Marchand...