Education: Gals & Gauls

The American block against learning languages is about to be assaulted by a couple of almost irresistible invitations to speak French. Due soon on U.S. TV screens are two sets of language teaching films, both particularly strong on the femine gender. In one series the teacher is trim Actress-Playwright Maria Mauban; the other displays British Cinemactress Dawn Addams, looking marvelously unacademic in a pair of black tights. And all either series asks of the televiewer is to learn French. Eh bien, pourquois pas?

Actress Mauban's show was produced by the French government's RTF...

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