Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 7, 1955

The Racers (20th Century-Fox). A European tour can go pretty fast these days, but this is probably the first time the whole continent ever rushed by in such a hurry that it could not be seen with the naked eye. France, Germany, Belgium, the Riviera. Italy—it's all there. One by one the scenic glories and the cultural wonders flash like giant postcards, lustrous with color by De Luxe, upon the CinemaScope screen.

In the foreground are the Italian bolidi—Alfa-Romeos, Ferraris, Maseratis—here and there a Mercedes and a Gordini; much elegant metal and, no doubt, to fanciers of horsepower, a sight prettier than...

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