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Word: roublard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hero of The French Touch is Roublard, a famous, thrice-married, hammy actor-playwright (Brian Aherne) who is ordered by the Nazi Minister of Culture to write a collaborationist drama. He writes one, with parts for his current and ex-wives and a surprise finale that will explode in the Nazis' faces. During an extensive rehearsal period the three ladies claw one another while Roublard gaily courts them all. The Minister of Culture's interest in one of them (Arlene Francis) precipitates a crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Dec. 17, 1945 | 12/17/1945 | See Source »

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