Word: napoleons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Safeguard of French Art is the creation of a rotund, twinkling Frenchman, the Due de Trévise, whose great grandfather, one of Napoleon's marshals, was killed by an infernal machine in 1835 while riding beside King Louis Philippe. In gratitude to the family, the King gave their name to a street, the Rue de Trévise near the Folies-Bergère. When the Folies first opened it was gaily called the Folies-Trévise, a name which the furious family succeeded in getting changed. The present Duke likes to talk about this regretfully...
...Duke founded the "Sauvegarde" as a socialite, money-making organization to eke out Government care of French art treasures, of which he is a noted connoisseur. The particular passion of the Due de Trévise is for painting of that period when Napoleon's eagles had deflected the operatic ardor of the French revolution into the ardor of Empire...
...Great Lady" Miss Terris plays the part of Eliza Bowen, a tavern wench who wishes to become a "great lady." To achieve her object she goes to extremes in securing the aid of a ship's captain, two husbands, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Louis XVIII...
...Eliza Bowen of Providence, Rhode Island, believes a woman can achieve anything she wishes if only she marry the right man. Successively she become an actress, the wife of a prominent American merchant, Stephan Jumel, and finally Mrs. Aaron Burr; throughout all this she keeps a rabid fan of Napoleon on her mind and in her heart...
...cast, Tullio Carminati, as Jumel, is excellent, and Irene Bordoni, playing a French dressmaker who becomes a countess, is, as always, delightful; Shepperd Strudwick, the Napoleon addict is adequate, but his performance lacks sureness. Frederick Loewe's music is pleasant if not catching, the outstanding number being "Why Can't This Night Last Forever." William Dollar's choreography is often striking, but over balanced with quasi-ballet. Albert Johnson's revolving sets are superb...