Word: rochefort
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Demoisellss de Rochefort. Jacques Demy's fourth feature is a joyous daylight-drenched musical well served by Michel Legrand's music, Gene Kelly's presence, and les soeurs Dorleac (Francoise, and Catherine Deneuve...
Young Girls of Rochefort -- Jacques (Lola, Umbrellas of Cherbourg) Demy's fabulous Cinemascope musical with a great Michel Legland score and the cast of the year: Catherine Deneuve and Francoise Dorleac pursued by Gene Kelly (looking a young 35) and Jacques Perrin, while Michel Piccoli and Danielle Darieux watch from the wings. The color photography radiates day-light and Demy steadfastly resists all but the joyful aspects of romance
Although Les Demoiselles de Rochefort spends most of its time chronicling the happy anguish of would-be lovers, and Demy heightens an already infectious gaiety by literally painting the town, reminders of reality pervade the film. A distant war threatens the autonomy of Maxence (Jacques Perrin), an artist searching for Catherine Deneuve; most unusual, friendly M. Dutrouz turns out to be a psychotic killer who has sliced his beloved into sections of varying shapes and sizes and stuffed her into a trunk. But even these mystifying inclusions cannot destroy the sweep of Demy's happy rhapsody (as he well knows...
...said, "and nobody beats this club when it's skating." There was still that one last victory to go, though, and it turned out to be tough. Playing at Detroit, the Canadiens jumped into a 2-0 lead when Jean Beliveau tapped in a rebound and Leon Rochefort slipped a 15-footer past crippled Goalie Crozier. Disgusted Detroit fans littered the ice with rubber balls and garbage-and the Red Wings got the message. Checking brutally, they fought back: Norm Ullman scored late in the second period, and Floyd Smith tapped in a third-period goal...
...Battle of Midway. The Purple Code was a Japanese diplomatic cipher; whether we read it or not had no relation to Midway. What did occur was that in April or early May 1942 a group of naval (including Marine) cryptanalysts and Japanese linguists working under Commander J. J. Rochefort at Pearl Harbor were successful in partially breaking and translating a Japanese naval code. This was a major element (but by no means the only one) affecting the successful disposition of Nimitz' forces for the Battle of Midway...