Word: gallic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Author Louis Aragon is the intellectual showpiece of France's Communist Party. Written while Aragon kept one jump ahead of the Germans as a prolific pamphleteer of the Resistance, this novel steers clear of both Communism and World War II. Aurélien is the typical, almost standard, Gallic love story in which a wife knows how to stay out of the way when her husband's mistress turns up. Aragon seems as slickly at home in this tradition as he is in the job he took over last month: the editorship of the Paris Communist daily...
Heralded by notices like "The French reply to Gone with the Wind,'" the latest Gallic sereon offering matches previous imports in honesty and verve. Cut from four hours to two and a half, "Children of Paradise" still lacks the poignant simplicity of "The Well-digger's Daughter," but makes up for it in a vertical spread of character from shaming beggars to Counts in Turkish baths...
...Manhattan-third stop in his current U.S. exhibition tour*-his free-swinging volleys and unorthodox backhand (which looks much like a ping-pong shot) were not in top form, but his ebullient disposition was (chasing a drive, he landed in a spectator's lap, apologized with a winning Gallic bow). Frank Shields's big service was too big for Borotra, just as it had been in the Wimbledon semi-finals 16 years ago. Score: 12-10, 6-2. Smiled the Bounding Basque, who plans no serious comeback: "A most pleasant affair. I played badly...
...retelling the famous Bible story of how David lusted after the beautiful Bathsheba (Pamela Kellino, Actor Mason's wife), seduced her, and then sent her husband Uriah to be killed in battle, Playwright Deval has altered the intense black-&-white of its morality to a sleek Gallic grey. His David is both an evildoer and a decent-minded worldling. Having wronged Uriah, he afterwards tries to set things as right as possible...
Because the French opportunities have not been too well publicized and because the prevailing red tape is discouraging, the number of takers has been low. But the moderate cost of living in France and the attractions of Paris in the Spring are bound to awaken an appetite for Gallic extension courses among those who never thought much of school work. France, a country with a crying need for tourist trade, is less concerned with the intellectual means of its prospective culture crop than it is with the dollars that will accompany it. The success of this program in future years...