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...Beaux Arts in Paris and at that time became Architecte Diplome par le Gouvernment Francais. He served during the greater part of the War, was almost continually in the front line trenches until 1917, and in 1923 was awarded the Legion of Honor. In 1919 he won the Grand Prix de Rome and in 1921 was named Architecte des Batiments Civils...
Telling you all the hilarious things you will find in "Carnival in Flanders" at the Fine Arts would be impossible in the short space at hand. This piece, produced in France as "La Kermesse Heroique," won the Grand Prix du Cinema Francais, and the Venice International Exposition Gold Medal. And it richly deserves them...
...farce as any that has ever led a U. S. censor board to mistake good manners for innocent intentions. Produced at a cost of $850,000-fabulous for a French cinema-and magnificently set by Lazare Meerson, it was distinguished abroad by winning the grand Prix du Cinema Français, being banned in England and Holland. Released as Carnival In Flanders, with English subtitles to explain its French dialog, it last week served as the opening attraction at Manhattan's new Filmarte Theatre, the city's fifth cinemansion dedicated to a policy of showing "outstanding foreign films...
Specifically the great aircraft engine makers, Hispano-Suiza, sent famed Sacha Guitry's good friend, Mlle Claude May, to win a Grand Prix d'Honneur in starched organdie with peplum jacket and one of their dazzling cars. More conservative, the Delage Company sent Mme Paul Cartier, daughter of a onetime Imperial Russian oil tycoon and wife of a small Geneva banker, to be "crowned" La Laur...
...cars and the same women will barnstorm through weeks of automotive elegance. At each resort there is something called a "First Prize" which is given to a more or less standard U. S. car in the low or medium price class, after the real first and second prizes (the prix d'élégance and the prix d'honneur) have been won by cars in the $20,000 class...