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...film was apparently planned, in a soft-headed way, as an effort to find a silver lining in the Iron Curtain. As it has turned out, it seems no more than an unfeeling attempt to make a little money. The hero of the story is a soulful Russian major (Yul Brynner) who commands a border garrison during the 1956 Hungarian rebellion and the ensuing slaughter. He detains a busload of foreigners who are trying to leave the country, because he suspects that some of them may really be Hungarians. Almost at once, the major starts to roll his ochi chernye...
...Buccaneer (Paramount) introduces to the moviegoing millions the most exciting new film personality since Clark Gable with a mustache: Yul Brynner with hair. Yul did not really grow his own. The studio has provided him with a "transformation"-a curly, reddish-brown confection that suggests a sensitive blend of Bonaparte, Presley and well-kept Irish setter. Unfortunately, the picture will surely prove for many moviegoers, no less than it was for Actor Brynner, a hair-raising experience...
...Cesar Romero eulogized his pal: "He was a beautiful man. He was beautiful outside, and he was beautiful inside. Rest well, my friend." Actress Loretta Young caused a stir in the chapel by arriving in Oriental makeup from a stint before TV cameras. Outside, there were loud cheers for Yul Brynner, Ty's replacement as Solomon. "Look at him," one woman shouted. "He's growing a beard. And him with his bald head...
...picture, problems piled up. Should they use a double to finish the scenes Ty had left undone? At least 50 applicants asked for the job. Even the final decision to hire Brynner and start again from scratch was plagued with difficulties. Stockier than Ty and almost 3 in. shorter, Yul would need all his costumes made over. He was already growing a beard so the last scenes would have to be shot first, then a shave and a run through the early days when the King of Israel was a beardless youth...
...that those whom people call supercapitalists are running this business. What matters is that people pay less." (Supermarket prices average about 10% below those in the shops.) From a Milan housewife came even more heartfelt praise. Said she: "I enjoy a trip to the supermarket more than seeing Yul Brynner in the movies...