Word: napoleonism
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...knew it, and not even he could be sure. He had just left his native Grenoble on what was to become a lifelong journey devoted to la chasse au bonheur-the pursuit of happiness-and the first stop was Milan, where young Beyle served as a sublieutenant in Napoleon's army of occupation. Ambitious, hot-blooded Henri knew exactly what he wanted to be: "the successor of Molière" and "a seducer of women...
Love + Work. Between 1801 and 1814, Beyle ranged from Naples to Moscow (where he witnessed the city's famous burning and Napoleon's great defeat), but wherever he lived, his personal equation remained: love + work = happiness. He ran off to Marseille to live with an actress and be a banker, wound up a grocer and quickly broke with the "stupid" girl he had imagined was his ideal. He fell in love with the wife of one of Napoleon's leading officials, imagined that that old black magic was enchanting his inamorata, that "she looked...
Premature Napoleon. At last the Valle Trebba was worked out. The official archaeologists moved to other diggings, and the Comacchiesi were reduced to salting the tombs with non-ancient artifacts (including a bust of Napoleon) which they dug up with feigned delight and sold to gullible collectors. When even this poor commerce died, the Comacchiesi returned to catching eels...
...tenner like nobody since Clark Gable." And his pictures have won loud, critical huzzahs as well as some stentorian box-office grosses. Last week Brando completed a seventh, Désirée, a film version of Annemarie Selinko's 1953 bestselling novel, in which he plays Napoleon. Twentieth Century-Fox boldly predicts that it may take in up to $10 million. "Two more like Brando," said one producer, "and television can crawl back in the tube...
...opportunity in commercial Hollywood to keep him there much longer. Désirée, for instance, which will be released next month, is another big slick costume historical with no artistic nonsense about it. Producer Darryl Zanuck claims that Brando turns in one of his greatest performances as Napoleon, but Marlon modestly doubts it. "Most of the time," he says. "I just let the make-up play the part." Marlon's next role, Sky Masterson in the film version of Guys and Dolls, will give him a chance to show how well he can warble and hoof...