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...reserved for Swiss bell-ringing acts and families who come onstage to play Jealousy on paper-covered combs. But Lucho Navarro, a Chilean who gave up aspirations for the quiet life of an electrical engineer to devote himself to noisemaking, is such a master of the art that his wordless vocabulary has become a hilarious Esperanto; by imitating the sound of nearly everything, Navarro reminds his listeners that the world is indeed full of sound and fury. Coming from him, it's all very funny...
...returned to the conference with a stricken look. "You know," he warbled in the most pitiable understatement of the week, "you can ask a woman to do something, and she doesn't always do it." Hours later came a statement of a sort from the cinema sorceress-a wordless but ostentatiously public pub crawl through Rome with Burton during which they drove, danced and nuzzled till dawn...
Imitation Surf. With close harmony and wordless rhythm, Norman Kaye and Frankie Ross cushion Mary Kaye's wailing obbligato, producing a pleasant blend of sound that may sometimes suggest the Andrews sisters doing a Pepsodent commercial; but it is just the sort of thinkproof entertainment that gamblers crave. The trio specializes in old standards (Heartaches, And the Angels Sing), and as an extra fail-safe against boredom, Frankie Ross often makes joking commentaries on the lyrics. His gags may not be immortal but usually get a laugh from someone who has just put his 459th consecutive nickel into...
...rest, however, I have little but priase. Mr. Britten has skillfully caught the governess's apprehensiveness and growing terror; Peter Quint is magnificently and compellingly evil--particularly in his first wordless and almost muezzin-like wall; and the children sing tunes and the new English music that is Mr. Britten's specialty...
Truffaut's directorial talent is most expressive in the frequent silent sequences. The camera captures the alternating anxiety and joy of the hero through his wordless activity--whether bounding eagerly up a flight of stairs or tearfully staring through the bars of a paddy-wagon. These effects are heightened by the perceptive photography of Henri Decae and the delightful score of Jean Constantin...