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Fernandel

British  
/ fɛrnɑ̃dɛl /

noun

  1. real name Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin . 1903–71, French comic film actor

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The arrangement works beautifully; Marguerite feeds Fernandel when he is hungry, and he tells stories to her when she is bored.

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There is one especially moving interlude in which they huddle around a sidewalk movie machine to watch an old Fernandel film.

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And even the Beatles had competition from such lens lizards as Marlon Bran do, Fernandel, Victor Borge and Ravi Shankar.

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Eventually they reach the Rhine, and by this time Fernandel and Marguerite are in love.

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She laughed again and told me there was a Fernandel movie she’d like to see.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus