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...gusto which it lacks in the original, improving from time to time on Professor Barzun's stiffish translation and livening it up with sparks of "business" of which Courteline would have approved, I am sure. As Andre, the lover in Boubouroche, he is finesse personified, a sort of David Niven almost turned fop, with balletic precision in every mannered gesture. George Bolton comes over well, in Article 330, as the dogmatic embodiment of La Brige's constant antagonist, the Law; and as the Old Gentleman who informs Boubouroche of his long-standing cuckoldry, he is properly precious. Adele, the beautiful...

Author: By Norman R. Shapiro, | Title: Boubouroche | 8/6/1962 | See Source »

...every moviegoer knows, Gregory Peck and David Niven blew up the guns of Navarone, and Alec Guinness destroyed the bridge on the Kwai. But in this picture, the late Jeff Chandler effaces himself so deftly that his star billing fades, and what is left is a memorable portrait of the late General Frank Merrill, carefully sketched from his long-stemmed apple-bowl pipe all the way in to the heart that survived a thrombosis during the campaign and the spirit that was beyond the reach of disease or the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: To Fight & Die Quietly | 6/8/1962 | See Source »

Washington Conversation (CBS, 12:30-12:45 p.m.). Guest: Kansas' onetime Presidential Candidate Alf Landon, interviewed by Paul Niven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: May 4, 1962 | 5/4/1962 | See Source »

Washington Conversation (CBS, 12:30-12:55 p.m.). Correspondent Paul Niven interviews Brazil's President João Goulart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Apr. 6, 1962 | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

...same class is Little Ava Gardner and David Niven Strand, CO 6-4000). This be a new flick, but for sheer delight it deserves top revealing love scenes with David Ava displays in glorious things that made her famous. Hut may not discuss any vital issues, but its wholesome healthy antidote to the at this trying time of year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT TO SEE | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

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