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Archeologist Maiuri's men cleared away the rest of the gravel. There, astonishingly preserved, was a 7-ft. mural of Venus reclining on a sea shell, attended by cupids. Unlike most Pompeian paintings, which have been dimmed and reddened by ash, rain and time, the mural had kept most of its original luster: deep sky-blues, rosy flesh tints, bright gold for the ornaments, rich brown for Venus' hair...
Island Rescue starts off like an Alec Guinness movie, makes a brief attempt to stimulate some young love, and winds up on a tight little Channel Island populated by "simple" fishermen, German soldiers (most of whom are named Vogel) and Venus...
...confused with a statue in the Louvre, this Venus is a cow. The hero, David Niven, sheds his kilts to bring the captive back to England (because she is a rare breed and important to the war effort). On the way over, by submarine naturally, he picks up pert Glynis Johns, who is one of the Island's rulers masquerading as an army cook, as well as the oddest expeditionary force in movie history. On the way back Venus has a calf and David and Glynis discover true love. But it's in between the going over and the coming...
...purr "I had the radio on" when she posed for her now historic nude calendar picture was after a historic precedent. When Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese and sister of Napoleon, was chided for having posed in the nude for Canova's famous statue of her as Venus Victrix, she calmly stated: "I wasn't cold with a fire in the room...
...humor in Island Rescue sometimes wears a bit thin. But the picture is zestfully acted by a cast that includes Glynis Johns as a pretty A.T.S. private, and Carrefour Buttercup from the isle of Guernesey as Venus...