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...little party moved off beneath a new Communist victory arch to three conference tents at the end of the runway. The Communists offered the Frenchmen tea with sugar, and Lucky Strikes. "They were very polite," said the helicopter pilot. "All they wanted was to be treated as soldiers according to their rank. But we didn't think very much about anything. The whole place was as silent as a graveyard, and when the wind kicked up, we could smell the death around...
...published until 1929) was All Quiet on the Western Front, still the best item in his collection. More recent history has given Remarque the plots for mediocre stories on a Nazi concentration camp (Spark of Life) and that victim of Europe's ravening isms, the rootless refugee (Arch of Triumph). Almost inevitably, Remarque had to write his novel of World War II. A June Book-of-the-Month-Club choice, A Time to Love and a Time to Die is a kind of pale tenth carbon copy of All Quiet with one difference:though it shows no less hate...
...Joan of Arc. There was little rejoicing on the gaily beflagged, sunshiny boulevards, but neither was there much demonstration. On the V-E holiday, police lined the Champs Elysées to protect the government ministers who came to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arch of Triumph. President René Coty-whose badge of office usually excites big applause -got only a scattering of handclaps. Premier Laniel's car rolled past and some shouted and hissed. "Send him to Dienbienphu," cried some. "Shoot him!" others shouted. Defense Minister René Pleven drew the same derision. "Resign...
...four leads, Kenneth More and Kay Kendel are pleasantly cccentric in their respective roles of bachelor and pseudo-sophisticate. A married couple, played by John Gregson and Dinah Sheridon, supply arch opposition. More dialogue for the cast, instead of reliance on the same comedy situation, might have boosted Genevieve even higher. As it stands, the film is an excellent comedy...
...Premier for 388 days-a record for postwar France. Last week France's postwar Premier, Joseph Laniel, was hot on Queuille's trail. By an astute and unflagging practice of immobilisme, plus luck, Laniel passed the second-best (290-day) mark, set by Antoine Pinay, his arch rival in the Independent Party. If Laniel can last another 100 days, he will beat Queuille's record; but with so much going on in Indo-China, Geneva and France, the last 100 days may be the hardest...