Word: port
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have come not to make all kinds of agreements and arrangements or to interchange all kinds of diplomatic documents," he growled into microphones half an hour later at the Army port of embarkation in Brooklyn. "Don't expect too much ... I am here not to get things settled so much as to establish a close, intimate understanding between the heads of government on both sides of the ocean...
...freshman teams also won yesterday, defeating Trinity College School of Port Hope, Ontario, Canada...
...task of lifting Marie du Port out of the muck of mediocrity therefore falls to Gabin. He succeeds. The story--a middle-aged man's vain attempts to stay away from an appealing eighteen-year-old--is not particularly sparkling, nor are the camera shots of a small French fishing village particularly interesting. But the terse, emotional dialogue is admirably suited to Gabin's soft, husky voice. Regrettably, the English subtitles often mangle his throaty speeches. In one scene he clutches Miss Brunoy's shoulders and painfully breathes out the confession of his infatuation. The English subtitle coldly states...
Because of Gabin's magnetism and the smooth dialogue, Marie du Port is a mature and an enjoyable production. The absence of coincidence and contrived incidents makes the so-so screenplay believable and seldom really trying. But the movie is never more than an excellent vehicle for Gabin...
Inserted between Marie du Port and a newsreel is an extremely amusing French burlesque on American "coming attraction" trailers. Entitled The Loves of Franciscan it employs old silent films, trick photography, and punned names for credits. One woman told the the Beacon Hill's manager that she liked the short so much that she didn't want to miss the motion picture, when it arrived...