Word: verneuil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eventually, the quints are reunited with Papa Saint-Forget at the big birthday party, and the film winds up in fine farcical style with an ending that is obvious yet surprising, tickling credulity while taxing it. The film has been subtly directed by Henri Verneuil, handsomely produced by Raoul Ploquin, admirably helped with a good supporting cast. But Fernandel is a Judas goat who leads every minute of Sheep to its zany consummation. With the slightest nuances of his elastic face-a leer, a bucktoothed grin, a cocker-spaniel look of sadness-he proves that...
Died. Louis Verneuil, 59, French playwright (Affairs of State, Love and Let Love) and author (The Fabulous Life of Sarah Bernhardt); by his own hand; in Paris...
...Louis Verneuil's Broadway success has finally left the big town and started on the road to oblivion. It is easy to see why it was a long-run success but never a smash...
...inconsistency is the production's crucial flaw, and it is writer-director Verneuil's fault. Although the pace never flags, although several of the jokes are funny, and although the basic situation is sound enough, the play cannot overcome this weakness. Reginald Owen, for instance, starts off his characterization of a retired Secretary of State with finest premium ham. Half way through, he becomes a shrewd man. Owen executes both neither has much to do with the other...
...final effect, however, is far from displeasing. And since Verneuil has neither aimed very high nor touched anything important, it would be difficult to reproach him severely. What he has done is follow the well-worn formula. And, by diligent use of standard ingredients, he has produced a success...