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Cinemactor Marlon Brando, who used to prowl around Hollywood in a T shirt and sneakers, was assuming a strangely respectable air. Two months ago, in France, he announced that he was "officially engaged" to Josane Mariani-Berenger, 19, stepdaughter of a French fisherman. Many Brando fans prophesied that their erratic hero was having one of his passing romances. But last week the young actor, to all appearances a resolutely changed man, returned from France on the liner United States. Asked by waiting newsmen about his intentions, he snapped: "It is not a publicity stunt, and I do intend to marry...
...Waterfront. Elia Kazan's big-shouldered melodrama of dockside corruption; with Marlon Brando (TIME...
Inside their gaily-colored cocoon, Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons manage to show a little life before succumbing to the extravagant boredom that surrounds them. In the opening scenes Brando almost seems convincing as the brash young general who knew he would conquer Europe, while Miss Simmons is winsome without being sticky. But by the end of the picture--and this perhaps may be a very subtle intentional change--Brando is only a powerful bore, mouthing bad aphorisms in an Old School accent, while Miss Simmons' archness has become a bit wearing...
...Waterfront. Elia Kazan's big-shouldered melodrama of dockside corruption; with Marlon Brando (TIME...
Four Chunks. A lot of seats were empty by the time the third number came on. This was three whole scenes from Aïda. First a Marlon Brando kind of man named Mario del Monaco came out and sang very loud and very high. He was luckier than the other operatic heroes and seemed to have two women after him, one being the daughter of the king of Egypt. Her name was Blanche Thebom, and she was a looker. The other was not so young, but she certainly could sing. Her name was Zinka Milanov. The young man liked...