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...domestic with equal zest. Reginald Owen as an authentic prince is thoroughly royal in the decadent sense of the word. He has his amours, his noblesse oblige, and a sense of humor that fits very well with the American conception of prince-lings on continuous leave. Alan Mowbray as Josef, the valet, is a thoroughly snobbish servant of the more malignant variety. The burden of the comedy rests on him and he carries off his part very well...
...brother to Josef. Jan remembers the time when Josef, equipped not only with walrus whiskers but also a handsome, goatlike beard, was clapped into jail by the Imperial Russian Government for making exactly the same sort of remarks he makes as Dictator today. Jan remembers how Josef's lawyers suggested that in jail he act and talk like a madman, and how magnificently Josef played the role, and how the Imperial Russian Government was so obtuse as to transfer him to a hospital in St. Petersburg, whence he promptly escaped...
...anybody in Poland understands her quixotic Dictator, that somebody ought to be made Prime Minister, and last week Poles were hopeful that, with Jan at the head of the Cabinet table, Josef (who insists on playing that he is only War Minister) will not snort and swear so much, will vent less often his favorite expletive: "Parliament! A prostitute, gentlemen! Parliament is a prostitute!" (TIME, July...
...parliament (tired of being called something else beginning with a ''P") rebelled. President Mosciki was convinced by party leaders that Jan Pilsudski as Prime Minister could not get the necessary vote of confidence. Jan became convinced too. It was said in Warsaw that Jan convinced snorting Josef...
...Moscow the most potent Communist of all is Josef Vissarionovitch Dzhugashvili, whom the late great Lenin called for short "Stalin," which means Steel...