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...When you unsnap your brassiere." leered the San Francisco Chronicle columnist who calls himself Count Marco, "do you let out a loud 'whoosh' of relief and stand there grunting and scratching like some happy sow, or do you have your [husband] help with the snaps, then gracefully cross your arms as you let it slip down...
Dana Bate is excellent as Marco, the older cousin, making the most of what could be a very colorless part. Francesca Solana has her moments as the niece, but she is frequently shrill and overly intense. She is at her best in her quieter moments. Margery Ziskind is unconvincing as the wife, Frank Langella also has his moments, but generally his characterizations is overdrawn...
...From all over the world the letters poured in (one addressed simply to "Gilbert & Sullivan Purity Champion, Oxford"). As her fame grew, she took to rapping the prestigious productions of the D'Oyly Carte troupe (a recent D'Oyly Carte Gondoliers, she announced, was "shocking: Marco came on wearing jodhpurs"). By last week Crusader Alderley had 500,000 signatures to bolster her parliamentary petition...
...Sixth Happiness. An uneven but appealing picture in which Ingrid Bergman, as a gentle Englishwoman bent on converting China's millions, covers more ground than Marco Polo...
...Sixth Happiness. An uneven but generally appealing picture in which Ingrid Bergman, as a gentle Englishwoman bent on converting China's millions, covers more ground than Marco Polo and seems in no hurry (2 hr. 37 min.) to get the job done...