When Jack Lang was the French Minister of Culture, he once denounced the notion of dubbing American films into French, and as an example referred to how Gary Cooper's voice was an integral part of his star persona. Does anyone have the exact reference or quote? Thanks in advance. Don Larsson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." --Orson Welles, F for Fake Donald F. Larsson, Ph.D. Professor of English Minnesota State University, Mankato [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org