Word: napoleon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that serves no genuine military purpose, often loses battles. When military enterprises are undertaken to enhance the reputation of generals during wars, for instance, it is militarism, as it is when unnecessarily large armies are maintained during peace. The genuine military point of view Dr. Vagts finds occasionally in Napoleon (when he said an unnecessary maneuver, no matter how brilliant, was criminal), in Washington, in Clausewitz, in General Hagood, in Colonel Lawrence, who regretted a victorious battle because he knew the enemy would have surrendered in a few days without one. But the militaristic point of view (exemplars: Foch, Weygand...
Books from the libraries of Napoleon, Queen Elizabeth, Madame de Pompadour, and other famous historical figures are included in an exhibit at the Widener Library, showing the development of bookbinding from the time when books first replaced scrolls...
Hence, although she is nominally costarred, Garbo appears for the first time in 15 years in a supporting role. The real star of the picture is Charles Boyer as Napoleon...
...changing horses at a village near Marie's estate, he gets his first look at her. Count Walewski (Henry Stephenson) does not much care for the plan that his wife trade on the Emperor's interest to help Poland, but she tries it anyhow. When she interrupts Napoleon's ardors with a patriotic supplication, the Emperor becomes irritated but keeps her in mind. On his next trip he wins her heart with his dream for a United States of Europe. On an illicit honeymoon in Prussia, Bonaparte and Marie are idyllically happy till Napoleon's Europe...
This cogent and moving episode absorbs about an hour of film. For the next hour Screenwriters Samuel Hoffenstein, Salka Viertel and S. N. Behrman seem undecided what to do for story matter. They fall back on the facts taught in schools about their hero's life. Napoleon divorces Josephine (out of camera range). He arranges to wed Habsburg Marie Louise. Marie Walewska is disgusted. Says she: "'The savior of Europe has become a son-in-law." Not until after the retreat from Moscow does Marie have much more to do with the Emperor, except for bearing...