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...Victor M. Siegel, of Baltimore, was killed in the accident, and two passengers were injured, one seriously, a university spokesman said...
This expensive, technically proficient remake of a 1933 German movie focuses on the adventures of a starving singer. Victoria (Julie Andrews) who is befriended by a failing gay nightclub entertainer. Toddy (Robert Preston). He appreciates her vocal talents and realizes how to market her. She becomes Victor, a delicate, unknown member of the Eastern European nobility who is Paris's greatest female impersonator. Enter King (James Garner), a Chicago gangster who becomes Victoria's love interest but refuses to accept the label of homosexuality his low-life companions attach to him because of his association with "Victor." Complications ensue...
...Garner discuss "relationships" as only post-1960's lovers would, and her career versus marriage conflict seems equally anachronistic. Henry Mancini's lavish musical numbers are supposedly the main attraction for a decadent nightclub, but his pieces are hardly very risque Yet the plot and competent acting hold Victor Victoria together...
This is an American comedy with few pretensions of "commentary" on pre-war Paris, and Edwards does not hesitate to steal devices from his earlier films to make Victor Victoria enjoyable. With a flimsy excuse, Edwards sets a Clouseau-style private investigator on Victoria's trail. A bumbling French detective, transplanted entirely intact from the Pink Panther films, discovers the truth about Victoria's gender, but not before several broadly comic mishaps. The detective shares Inspector Clouseau's inescapable fate, as his opponents discredit him without much trouble before the film ends; his brief appearance is purposeless but amusing...
...make David Bowie resemble some of the heftier Hasty Pudding hoofers by comparison. But the premise and the setting render nothing unbelievable and Ms. Andrews. Edward's wife, is a fine comedienne. With Garner as her straight man. Andrews jumps elegantly from wicked, flirtatious girl to mock-elegant Victor. Her more serious moments, played with her friend and protector Toddy, portray a woman getting toughened by necessity and occur infrequently. Sadness and loneliness have no place in light comedy, but these occasional exhausted or despairing lapses provide a rare touch of credibility. Nothing in Victor Victoria appears too taxing...