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According to available information, this is not happening now. In the first place, the names of the contractors read like the social register of U.S. industry: General Electric, Du Pont, Union Carbide and Carbon, Monsanto, Westinghouse, Western Electric, etc. Such outfits are intensely jealous of their reputations and go far beyond formal correctness. In spite of the lack of profit motive (Du Pont gets $1 for building the $1,250,000,000 Savannah River Plant), they are working with enthusiasm, diligence and enterprise. They comb through their organizations to find the best men to put on AEC jobs. They...
...task of lifting Marie du Port out of the muck of mediocrity therefore falls to Gabin. He succeeds. The story--a middle-aged man's vain attempts to stay away from an appealing eighteen-year-old--is not particularly sparkling, nor are the camera shots of a small French fishing village particularly interesting. But the terse, emotional dialogue is admirably suited to Gabin's soft, husky voice. Regrettably, the English subtitles often mangle his throaty speeches. In one scene he clutches Miss Brunoy's shoulders and painfully breathes out the confession of his infatuation. The English subtitle coldly states...
Because of Gabin's magnetism and the smooth dialogue, Marie du Port is a mature and an enjoyable production. The absence of coincidence and contrived incidents makes the so-so screenplay believable and seldom really trying. But the movie is never more than an excellent vehicle for Gabin...
Inserted between Marie du Port and a newsreel is an extremely amusing French burlesque on American "coming attraction" trailers. Entitled The Loves of Franciscan it employs old silent films, trick photography, and punned names for credits. One woman told the the Beacon Hill's manager that she liked the short so much that she didn't want to miss the motion picture, when it arrived...
Weed Killer. A new weed killer called CMU was put on the market by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. When the powder is applied heavily, it kills all plant life, keeps soil sterile for more than a year, is thus useful for clearing railroad tracks, outside storage areas, etc. Used in smaller amounts, du Font's new product attacks weeds only, permits such crops as sugar cane, cotton, corn, asparagus or carrots to flourish...