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Grand Illusion (Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Fresnay; TIME, Sept...
...Eric Von Stroheim, refugee from Hollywood who gained fame for his performance in "Grand Illusion," is featured in "Les Disparus de St.-Agil," presented by the French Talking Film Committee today and tomorrow at the Institute of Geographical Exploration. Also in the cast are three of the child actors who appeared in "Generaux Sans Boutons," earlier popular offering of the committee...
...difference lies in the small scale of the entire piece. The characters are relatively few, the scenes simple, the action consistently underplayed. The touches which strike the American audience are the little ones--the close-up of Von Stroheim's gloved fist as his French friend, and prisoner, dies; the scene in which the escaped Marechal talks French to a mute German cow. These flashes convey feeling in a way that Hollywood seldom uses, but it would be unfair to say that the best Hollywood technique is any less effective...
...regards acting, the honors are all Von Stroheim's. The former stormy petrol of Hollywood has in exile created a far greater characterization than ever he did before. His performance would seem to be the one great thing of "Grand Illusion." Although neither plot, treatment, direction, or his fellow actors maintain the superbly high standard that Von Stroheim sets, the picture is far above average...
Grand Illusion (Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Fresnay; TIME, Sept...