Word: marcel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Marseilles is a work of Marcel Pagnol (Topaze), originally titled Marius. One reason for the acclaim which the play received in Paris was the Provençal dialect of most of its actors. This effect, of course, is completely lacking in the U. S. production, somewhat limiting the power of the original play which was largely a collection of swift, thoroughgoing character sketches. The action takes place in a waterfront saloon, the son (Alexander Kirkland) of whose ponderous proprietor (Dudley Digges) is sea-struck. He must choose between going to the South Seas and remaining with his sweetheart (Frances Torchiana...
...guests. At similar occasions in the past members of Dunster House have had opportunities to hear men like Bernard Fay, distinguished French critic, and Giuseppe de Lellis, pianist. Fay who is the author of "Benjamin Franklin, the Apostle of Modern Times," addressed the house recently on the subject of Marcel Proust...
Faust, the transformation scene by Tenor Fernand Ansseau, Basso Marcel Journet and orchestra under Conductor Piero Coppola (Victor, $2.50)?Two famed French-opera singers capably interpret the scene in which Mephistopheles restores Faust to youth...
...distinguished French critic and author, will probably talk either on Marcel Proust or upon some similar topic related to contemporary French literature. Due to the small size of the common room, the guests will be limited to tutors of Dunster House and their undergraduate guests. M. Fay will speak at the invitation of several tutors in Dunster House...
...international stunters, France's Marcel Doret was conceded the most thrilling performance of the opening days, with his loops that nearly cut the grass. Even more spectacular than the solo events were the tricks of the Navy's High Hat and Red Ripper squadrons from the Lexington; the Army's crack First Pursuit Squadron from Self ridge Field; and the Quantico Marines. Most novel stunt: three Navy Boeings, wing to wing, flopping over as one plane in a "formation barrel-roll...