Word: napoleon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Napoleon I decreed the Code which today is still the basis of French law, and the Emperor made no bones about saddling French women with various legal disabilities of which many a virile soldier would approve.* Last week several of these shackles were struck off by a bill which originated in the Senate, was passed into law by the Chamber. It did not give French women the vote, did cancel at one stroke the network of laws under which a French wife has been almost as much under her husband's authority as though she were a minor child...
...Firefly" Jeanette MacDonald dances, sings, impersonates a night-spot entertainer, and incidentally rescues her native Spain from the ravages of the rapacious Emperor Napoleon of France by her Mata Hari sleuthing for the local military intelligence. Spain, as all the world knows, was overrun by Napoleon's armies, and subsequently rescued, amid much tumult and shouting and bombs bursting in air, by the iron Duke of Wellington. Many a time have we seen the good duke's armies cavorting on the silver screen, and never to such advantage as in "The Firefly." We feel, however, as one whose ancestors fought...
...Other Immortals: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Napoleon Lajoie, Tris Speaker, Cy Young, Connie Mack, Ban Johnson, John J. McGraw, Morgan Bulkeley, George Wright...
...ambitious, determined, and belligerent, not so much because he marches to and fro with his jaw protruding and his brow wrinkled in a perpetual scowl, as because Marie is by comparison so very peace-loving and kind. Mr. Boyer is the star because it is the character of Napoleon which is the center of interest; but it is the acting of Miss Garbo which makes the film memorable...
Since the primary interest of "Conquest" is the portrayal of character, the story is of second importance. It must be said, however, that in this category the film is weak. There are glimpses of the Polish desire for independence, of the growth of Napoleon's empire, and of the great retreat from Russia, but little attempt is made to tie these strands together or to indicate their relation to the major theme. Moreover, the love affair itself is not logically treated; it is, for instance, quire impossible to believe that the Countess could hate napoleon in one moment and love...