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...both run separately through the screenplay until they converge in the fatal conclusion. Brando, his hair bleached for the occasion, plays a sensitive German lieutenant who hates killing, but justifies it as the only way to bring lasting peace to Europe. He resists the attempts of his superior officer (Maximilian Schell) to make him "a creative soldier"; resists the military dictum that "when you become a soldier you contract for killing in all its forms"; resists the friend who tells him that despite all the corpses "nothing really changes"; resists the Frenchwoman (Liliane Montevecchi) who pleads with him to desert...
...climb into her fur-trimmed pajamas. Furriers also are busily promoting complete fur costumes. Notable this season: a black Russian broadtail skirt and matching jacket worn by Zsa Zsa Gabor and a broadtail curve-hugging evening dress with a swallowtail train worn by Marlene Dietrich, both designed by Maximilian. Other creations: a $15,000 sable-lined raincoat, a $65,000 sable greatcoat, and a $5,000 Fredrica-designed strapless mink sheath...
...hunt'began as long ago as last fall, and the big possibility was General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, the President's old Chief of Staff and president of the Red Cross. But feelers put out by the White House indicated that Congress was not too happy about having a retired general as Defense Secretary, and. anyway, Al Gruenther was not too anxious to get back into Government harness. Next man up was John Hannah, president of Michigan State University, who did a thorough job as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Personnel) in 1953-54; he could...
...Alfred Maximilian Gruenther...
Citation: "One of the minor mysteries of modern military history is how even West Point could keep a lieutenant named Maximilian teaching mathematics for eight years only to have him become the youngest four-star general ever...