THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER
(Norman Krasna-United Artists) G Cert. H, but they’re all too old," said the Young Person in the _ toreador’s pedal-pushers and maternity duffle-coat, peering over my shoulder at the displaycabinet. From her point of view perhaps Olivia de Havilland does seem a bit long in the tooth, but I found her charmingly well-preserved in this rather frothy serviceman-about-Paris comedy. She is, of course, the Ambassador’s daughter, and to tell the truth, Iwas rather more interested in even older familiar faces here present-the late Edward Arnold, Adolphe Menjou, Francis Lederer (anyone remember Pursuit of Happiness?) and dear Myrna Loy. For their sakes I'd commend this film, with reservations, to the middle-aged. If one goes with one’s guard down, it’s possible to be amused and there’s a nostalgic pleasure to be found in the tone and cadence of remembered voices. Admittedly, it would be hard to stick out some of Mr Krasna’s script were one not more interested in the players, but there is a Dior fashion show for the women, and one or two other passages almost as funny. The appearance of Adolphe Menjou as a senator who wants to put Paris off-limits to U.S, troops is one of the wryest of these.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 935, 12 July 1957, Page 15
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204THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 935, 12 July 1957, Page 15
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