Word: nobleman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Britain's Queen, said the young English nobleman firmly, presents to the public the personality of "a priggish schoolgirl, captain of the hockey team, a prefect, and a recent candidate for confirmation"; her manner is that of a debutante, her speaking style is "a pain in the neck"; her court is outmoded; and those who surround her "are almost without exception of the 'tweedy' sort...
Outstanding are Reuben Singer as the nobleman Dorante, Sorrell Booke as the Music Master, Robert Brustein as the Dancing Master and Michael Lewis as the Philosopher. As the Fencing Master, Thomas Hill should speak with more elegance. Evelyn Ward is attractive as the maidservant Nicole, but seems a little too cultured; and Gail Garnett, as Jourdain's daughter Lucille, is not cultured enough and speaks too softly--maybe these two should have swapped roles. Dee Victor, as Jourdain's shrewd and shrewish wife, needs a great deal more force...
...Benito Mussolini as a monument to Benito Mussolini. Having made his trains run on time, the Duce was determined to prove the quality of his roads. For Fons, 28, the race was simply a chance to prove his hard-earned skills. Short years ago the dark-skinned Spanish nobleman was known for his heavy-foot driving, the careless speed that sent his cars tumbling off the track as often as they finished. Now he knew better. He had learned that every stretch of road, every curve has its optimum speed, that a fraction too little would surely lose, that...
...Revolution's aftermath, finds herself marooned on a Caspian isle with a handsome Czarist officer. Peeling off their wet clothing after their swim to shore, the ill-starred couple falls head-over-Hegel in love. Inevitably, however, when a boat heaves up to rescue the decadent nobleman, the trigger-happy lady sadly perceives her Marxist duty, hauls out her gun and chalks up her beloved as The Forty-First...
Gold of Naples (Ponti-De Laurentiis; DCA). Once there was an aging nobleman (Vittorio De Sica) who, having gambled away the better part of his estate, was registered incompetent and placed in the legal guardianship of his wife. The lady, of course, cut off her husband's funds at once, and his fever for the tables raged in impotence. Every day, when he went for his walk, the count would bully the doorman, who, fearing for his job, would force his son (Piero Bilancioni), a boy about ten years old, to play cards with...