Word: jouvet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next Wednesday Moliere's "L'Ecole des Femmes" will be played between 3 and 5 p.m. with the cast brought to America this year headed by Louis Jouvet...
...Louis Jouvet holds the ANTA stage on 52nd Street until Tuesday with Moliere's classic, School for Wives. The talented troupe of the Theatre de l'Athenee performs in its native French...
French offerings lead the list once more. Louis Jouvet, the best actor in movies anywhere, stars in Lady Paname, which opened last week at the 55th Street Playhouse, near Seventh Avenue. God Needs Men is at the Paris, 58th and Fifth, with Pierre Fresnay in the lead role. Both Jouvot and Fresnay are masters in French with gentle cynicism...
...embarrassment of the would be murderers at his return and their unchanging follies provide an excellent background for Jouvet. He moves among them with the authority and command of a modern Monte Cristo. But in spite of the change that has taken place inside him, he is once again tempted to resume the romantic spirit of his youth...
Counterpointed with this theme is the love affair of one young man of the family with a dancer in Jouvet's troupe. Gaby Morlay plays the young man in a bright and cheerful way; Lumilla Teherina is as alluring as only a ballerina can be. But in spite of the excellence of the acting, top honors must go to the script. It wanders from light comedy to near-tragedy a little too easily for comfort, but it handles both moods well. Especially adept is the dialogue, which consists mainly to flip but meaningful Gallic sentiments on life and love...